Calli
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In Calli, prize-winning author Jessica Lee Anderson explores the perils of adolescence with the humor and compassion of a writer who knows growing up doesn’t always come with easy answers.
Calli has almost everything she could want in life—two loving moms, a good-looking boyfriend, and a best friend who has always been there for her. As an only child, Calli is excited when her parents announce that they want to foster a girl her own age, but Cherish, her foster sister, is not at all what she expected. Cherish lies, steals, kisses Calli’s boyfriend, and seems to get away with just about everything. Determined to get even, Calli takes matters into her own hands, but her plan for revenge goes horribly awry. Isolated from her friends and family, she looks for ways to undo the damage she’s caused.
Funny, moving, and emotionally rich, Calli is a portrait of an endearing young woman caught between adolescence and adulthood, striving to do the right thing even when all of her options seem wrong.
Jessica Lee Anderson
J. L. Anderson is the author of the award-winning novels Calli and Border Crossing, as well as many other books for young people. She graduated from Hollins University with a master of arts degree in children’s literature. She lives near Austin, Texas, with her husband, daughter, and two crazy dogs. Learn more at jessicaleeanderson.com.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fifteen-year-old Calli’s world seems to be falling apart. She just saw her foster sister, Cherish, kissing her boyfriend, Dub, in the hallway at school, and Dub didn’t even try to push her away. Things haven’t been going well since Calli’s two moms brought Cherish into their home, and to make matters worse, they are looking at bringing in yet another foster child. As tension between Cherish and Calli rises, so does the tension between Calli’s two moms as they struggle to keep peace in the house, and keep Calli’s biological mother’s Lupus in check. When Calli decides to teach Cherish a lesson, the fights between the girls become violent leaving Calli forever changed.I really enjoyed this book. Calli is a character many young women will identify with. She’s a very average girl (a size thirteen), and she’s okay with it. Her worries, hopes and dreams are all realistic. Ms. Anderson’s writing is fluid and the story breezed by for me. I read this book in just a few hours. I especially enjoyed the fact that Calli had two moms and it wasn’t an issue to her. It was just the way it was. Sure, she has to deal with narrow-minded people because of it (people think since her mom’s are gay, she must be gay, too), but she shrugs it off as part of life. This is a refreshing YA book, free of love triangles and over-dramatic circumstances that I thoroughly enjoyed.(Review based on an Advanced Review Copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley)