Bibliography:
Summers, C. (2018). Sadie. New York, NY. St. Martin’s Press.
Plot Summary:
Sadie is a seventeen year old girl that lives in Cold Creek, Colorado. She lives with her drug addict mother and younger sister Mattie in a small trailer home. Her life was filled of sexual abuse by her mother’s boyfriend Keith and watching her mother spiral into a world of drugs and alcohol abuse. When her sister Mattie gets murdered, she sets out to find the killer and get vengeance. All while a news reporter, West McCray sets out to put the pieces of her disappearance together.
Critical Analysis:
This title is definitely a contemporary realistic fiction novel. Some of the characteristics that the novel contains is that the setting takes place in a small town in Colorado, the plot or events could be real, but the characters are fictional and the societal issues that were portrait in the novel are child abuse, murder, child abduction, teenagers runaways and drug and alcohol abuse. Other teenage issues that this novel displayed are young love, friendship and dealing with the teasing of having a speech impairment (stuttering). Although this novel is contemporary realist fiction, it falls into the category of mystery/thriller. The mystery element happens when Sadie leaves her town without telling anyone about her plans to find the killer. The mystery also intensifies when authorities find her car with all her belongings but are unable to locate her. The thriller elements arise when Sadie confronts many shady characters to obtain information about the killer. This novel contained parallel narratives, a story within a story. The story began with the character of West McCray the reporter and then the narrative of Sadie. This provided the reader with more insight on Sadie’s home life.
Strengths: This novel has an excellent plot with many twists and turns. It keeps the reader wanting to read more to see if the character was found safe.
Weakness: The Novel was well written and I found no weaknesses.
Review excerpt (SLJ)
Review and Podcast by Shelley Diaz (9/04/2018)
Review excerpt (Booklist)
02/15/2019 by Terry Hong
https://www.booklistonline.com/Sadie/pid=9713756
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