I teach 8th grade so whenever I see a new book in the library that looks good I will try to read it. I do this 1) for easy reading in-between heavier stuff and 2) so I can hopefully recommend a book to a student.
I originally saw this book on Barnes and Noble.com while trying to spend a Christmas gift card and decided to order it because it had great reviews.
I was unsure if it was something I would easily get through in the beginning but I soon fell in love with the easy going character, Ivy June Mosely, a teenager from the mountains of Kentucky who doesn't even have indoor plumbing! She is chosen by her school to participate in a student exchange program with an all girls school (Buckner Academy for Girls) in Lexington, Kentucky. She spends two weeks in Lexington with the privileged Catherine Combs and then Catherine spends two weeks in Thunder Creek with Ivy June. These girls find themselves very different on the outside, but very similar on the inside when it comes to faith and hope (hence the title).
I got really attached in the last half of the book and couldn't put it down last night until I finished it. I would recommend this to anyone wanting a lighter read, but take it as nothing more.
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