When Hunter meets a girl with a whole different way of doing her shoelaces, he has no idea the strange adventure that's about to begin. Through her, he winds up invited to a secret meeting at which he stumbles onto a pair of amazing shoes, and the possibility that his cool-hunting boss has been kidnapped. Hunter and his new friend pursue the shoemakers, trying to discover what's become of his boss, Mandy. Full of quirky characters and with Hunter's off-the-wall sense of humor and irony, So Yesterday was a worthy read. Go Hunter, the Mighty Penguin!
The more I read by Scott Westerfield, the more respect I have for him. I guess I'm a little old-fashioned, but I like YA that is cleaner, at least that doesn't brazenly plaster sexual situations across its pages. Scott Westerfield handles these situations elegantly, acknowledging them without overstating them. I like that and really enjoy knowing I can recommend these stories to younger teens with confidence, knowing that it isn't exposing them to thoughts and ideas that are, for now, outside their experience.
(Warning... Rant here...) Yeah, I know that many teens have already had their own experiences. But some have not. I read recently that 46% of couples choose to wait to have sex until they are married. Those stats are much higher than the entertainment industry seems to say they are. People are going to make their own choices with regard to sex and where and when, but my point is: for those who choose to abstain, I am delighted that there is still young adult fiction that acknowledges their innocence and respects that choice. (Okay, stepping off the soap box now...)
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