Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots (Paperback)

from acg233

Title: Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots Author: Abby McDonald Genre: YA fiction Publishing Information: 304 pages; April 13th, 2010 by Candlewick Press Series: Stand alone Where I got it: E-book from the library One sentence: When Green Teen activist Jenna travels from New Jersey t...

from elizardkwik

This was a fairly standard novel about questioning one's place in the world, set in a more unusual location. The content stayed on the light side, despite mentioning some deeper topics. It was an enjoyable read, though it felt like there was something missing and it ended far too abruptly.

from dasuzuki

Green Teen activist, Jenna, convinces her parents to let her go visit her godmother, Susie, in rural Canada in order to avoid spending her summer in Florida with her grandmother and the rest of her grandmother's elderly friends. She is convinced that she will be able to commune with nature and vi...

from wsquared

Seventeen-year-old Jenna Levison devotes her free time to environmental activism in her suburban New Jersey hometown and plans to spend the summer interning with a nonprofit and changing the world. But her parents have other ideas. Before she knows it, she's shipped off to a small town in the Can...

from ericajsc

Contemporary fiction is my favorite subgenre of YA to read, so I was excited to dive into this one. It has all the elements I love: a main character who is well-intentioned but also a little bit annoying, a fish-out-of-water story, a girl surrounded by boys who are friends, and character growth t...