Summer+Reading

By Emily Chrobak __ Hunted __ by Walter Sorrels is a gripping mystery story. The protagonist, Chastity Pureheart, is a high school aged girl. Chastity and her mother have been on the run ever since she can remember, acquiring new identities in every town. Everything about Chastity is a fabrication; she doesn't know her real name, who her father is, or why she is on the run. Now, her mother has gone missing and the cops find her car along with a large pool of blood. Chastity can't believe it. Everyone assumes her mother is dead, but she soon realizes that her mom has just gone on the run again. Now, she has only has six days to find her mom before she is put into foster care; but someone else is looking for Chass, someone deadly.
 * On the Run, Again **

The beginning and middle of this book were intriguing. However, I was particularly disappointed in how fast the mystery was cracked and how easily the problems were solved. Also, I was dissatisfied that they were able get away without so much as a struggle. I thought it to be very predictable and unrealistic, but I would still recommend this book based on how appealing the core of it was.