It wasn't her fault, yet Avery had to suffer not only embarrassment of the awful prank, but the total disruption of her life because of it!

At the beginning of the summer preceding her Senior year of High School, Avery had to travel from New York, by train, to "Podunk" Dakota and spend her Summer Vacation there, helping her aunt run a boarding house. Further torture was having to give up her cell phone as well. She was "cut off" from her friends and civilization! Little did she know what awaited her in the weeks and months to come.

From a boring mundane beginning, the action and adventures soon began to develop. Unexpected developments began to multiply to the point of no return...Her life would never be the same!

Jeanne Arnold did terrific job in her character development. Some of them were easy to love and other caused mixed emotions. The variety of characters were very real and the reader experienced various emotions portrayed by the characters.. In addition, the author created a picturesque description of supporting background scenes and events.

Although the title was too simplistic and dull to attract a"browser's" attention, it still fit the story. The book cover was slightly more effective and may have attracted a few more readers.

Occasionally the "flow" of the tale seemed to be broken abruptly or felt incomplete before going into the next scene.

I cannot recommend this to YA under 18 because of totally unnecessary language.

My review of this book gives it a Four Stars rating. ( )