Review: Deftly handles a serious topic
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2013
"Price of Silence," book two in Judy Baer's LIVE! from Brentwood High series, deftly deals with a topic that is ever present but not discussed as often as it should be--sexual harassment. All of the information presented is very good, and it will cause teens who read it to think about the way they treat others. I enjoyed the story and getting to know the characters introduced in book one, "Risky Assignment," better.However, I feel like the author missed an opportunity to bring this book into the 21st century by neglecting to mention how social networking and text messaging play into harassment (sexual and otherwise). These books were first published in the '90s, and the release of the Kindle edition would have been the perfect time to update the series for today's teens. I do think today's teens will enjoy and learn from the series, but they won't connect with it as much as they could if it was updated to reflect today's technology.Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this ebook free from Litfuse Publicity. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed are my own.