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Hell & High Water
Hell & High Water
Reviewed by: Noelle Gallant - Saco Middle School, Saco, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: January 9, 2018
Review
This book is a tough one to recommend to teen readers. Set in England in the 1750s, the dialogue is old-fashioned and many of the concepts (Punch & Judy, for example) would be foreign to the point of uninteresting for a young adult audience. While the characters were well-developed, I found the plot to be confusing because non-memorable details from earlier on in the story became important later in the book in a way that didn't make sense. I also found the ending to be completely unresolved. Spoiler alert - the antagonist, who seems to have it coming the whole time, gets NO consequences in the end, which made for a wholly unsatisfying reading experience.
Overall Book Score: good
About the Book
Author:
Landman, Tanya
Illustrator: ,
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Book Type: chapter book fiction
Genre: adventure,historical fiction
Audience: grades 7-9,grades 10-12
Binding Type: Choose Binding Type
Binding Quality: very good
ISBN: 9780763688752
Price: -18.01