Sandy Hall

From seven viewpoints, relates the events of Senior Prom at Roosevelt High School.

A Prom to Remember

Candyce Kirk

4.5 stars

At first I wasn't sure if a book being told from seven different POVs would be too much, but the author really figured out how to do this smoothly. It was clear everytime the POV changed and they didn't change out of the blue. In the end the author managed to bring all of the characters together in some way and it just worked. Prom is a time a lot of teenagers are looking forward to, but it can also be stressful. I loved how the author took many different things a teenager can be dealing with: changes in the family that are hard to deal with, not feeling heard and trying to find their voice, their sexuality and how to deal with it, finding social situations difficult to deal with and trying to be perfect and maybe taking on just a bit too much. Besides being serious, there were a lot of funny moments and romantic gestures. The whole 'promposal' was used here in this book and it gave us some funny situations. While I read this book I had a smile on my face and was hoping that all the characters would get their happily ever after, even if only on prom night! Especially when the night goes differently than expected for everyone.

A Prom to Remember

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