Telling Christina Goodbye
Grade 6-10 Trisha is enjoying her senior year and planning to  attend college in her home state, Indiana, with her longtime  boyfriend, Cody. She's especially excited for her best friend,  Christina, who's been offered a scholarship to the University of  Vermont, which Trisha sees as an opportunity for the teen to get  away from her controlling boyfriend, Tucker. Tension mounts when  the four attend a basketball game together and Tucker starts a  fight with a boy who talks to Christina. On the way home, the  two couples have a car accident that leaves Christina dead and  Cody in a coma. After the tragedy, the story and the characters  become less one-dimensional and syrupy. The question of what  caused the accident provides some suspense; along with the quick  pace and easy dialogue, the novel will hold the interest of  McDaniel's fans. -Rebecca Hogue Wojahn, Riverside Middle School,  Watertown, WICopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.