Panic by Sharon M. DraperMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is a timely, jarring novel from award winning Novelist, Sharon Draper. Diamond is a dancer in a close knit, Crystal Pointe Dance Studio who is abducted from a mall (a predator dangles the lead in a movie being cast immediately) imprisoned, drugged, raped, and so many more horrors. Another side story is important as well; Layla, also in the troupe is in an abusive relationship. Draper uses convincing characters: shaken dance members, devastated family, girlfriends and boyfriends, are all authentic and realistic. The many ripped from the headlines topics are treated believably providing suspense and caution to teen readers of a world that is scarily real. A must read but not an easy one.
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