This week, I started reading the novel "Peeled" by Joan Bauer. I've been interested in reading it ever since the author visited Brooks last year. I've read a few chapters, and so far it seems like this novel is setting itself up to be a mystery. In what I've read, the main character, Hildy, is an editor for her school newspaper. She's almost obsessed with asking questions to get to the center of everything in her tiny town. Her town is basically a town of apple farmers.
At the beginning of the book, Hildy's town is having their annual festival, complete with an Apple Blossom queen and all. The girl who was supposed to win the crown suddenly got ill after eating a school lunch and was unable to attend the fair, leaving the runner-up with the crown. I predict that this is where the mystery will come into the book. I don't think it was the runner-up who poisoned the queen-to-be; she seems like a perfectly nice kid who was shocked to be given the award.
Hildy seems to be the in-your-face type who doesn't quite know when to quit. I've only read a few chapters, but three other characters have already told her to either be quiet or go away. She's always trying to make a story for her newspaper where there really is no story to be told. So far, I like this book but haven't read enough to either recommend it someone.
P.S. I commented on Jack's blog
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