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Pretty and popular Samantha Franco was found wandering barefoot on a deserted rural road by a local police officer. She was disheveled and disoriented, with mud and blood caking her jeans, and she had no memory of anything, including her name. She had disappeared with her best friend, Cassie, and Cassie was still missing. At first, Sam gained a lot of support from her friends and her boyfriend, Del, but as the memory loss continued and Sam became more compassionate and kind, the mean girls she and Cassie had ruled quickly turned on her.
Cassie’s disappearance weighed heavily on Sam, and she began to have flashbacks, seeing Cassie in a red dress, hearing her speak, and it made Sam doubt her sanity. When she started finding cryptic notes that spoke to the situation at hand, she began to believe someone was following her, even crashing her brother’s car thinking that someone was in the back seat. With support from her brother and his friends, Sam begins to feel safe enough to remember, and she is horrified by what she discovers.
I applauded Sam’s transformation from a self-centered mean girl into a caring and compassionate person, but was sorry that it took a major tragedy in order for the change to take place. The mystery of Cassie’s disappearance is neatly woven through the story, and I was kept guessing as to what had really happened to her. Don’t Look Back completely captured my attention-–in fact, I read it in one sitting-–and I was quickly drawn into Sam’s world, and enjoyed every minute of it.
Book Stats:
- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (March 17, 2015)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1423194667
- ISBN-13: 978-1423194668
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Summary : I applauded Sam’s transformation from a self-centered mean girl into a caring and compassionate person, but was sorry that it took a major tragedy in order for the change to take place. The mystery of Cassie’s disappearance is neatly woven through the story, and I was kept guessing as to what had really happened to her. Don't Look Back completely captured my attention-–in fact, I read it in one sitting-–and I was quickly drawn into Sam’s world, and enjoyed every minute of it.
