Redline

by Lisa Nowak

Now that Jess DeLand has escaped her alcoholic mother’s grip, all she wants is a chance to be normal. To hang out with her wisecracking-but-intuitive boyfriend Cody, learn as much she can about restoring cars from her mentor Kasey, and fill in as substitute big sister to Rhett when her friend Teri Sue goes off to college. But when her past crashes headlong into her present, all hopes of normal go spinning off into the weeds. Jess’s attempts to spare her friends—and herself—from the things she’d rather keep hidden, threaten to destroy the new life she’s built. Maybe normal is too much to ask for.

345 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 14, 2013

About the author

In addition to being a YA author, Lisa Nowak is a retired amateur stock car racer, an accomplished cat whisperer, and a professional smartass. She writes coming-of-age books about kids in hard luck situations who learn to appreciate their own value after finding mentors who love them for who they are.

Lisa has no spare time, but if she did she’d use it to tend to her expansive perennial garden, watch medical dramas, take long walks after dark, and teach her cats to play poker. For those of you who might be wondering, she is not, and has never been, a diaper-wearing astronaut. She lives in Milwaukie, Oregon, with her husband, four feline companions, and two giant sequoias.

Reviews

[Book_magic007 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice story line but I really missed Cody and was hurt when she didn't understand Cody and shouted at him. I understand that she was hurt and wanted to be alone but like I said Cody's my boy; she hurts Cody she hurts me. And I think it was a bit too happy the way it ended because everyone just forgave her way to easily. I know she wasn't wrong and she didn't kill her mother but after the way she treated everyone for over a month they let her off way too easily.

[Melissa Herman]

Excellent series! I truly hated putting it down.

[Cathy doll · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good book, teen fiction.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

tragic story but ended rather abruptly.