Safe Passage

by Meryl McQueen

Fifteen-year-old Belinda Larsen how knows she wants to spend the on a camping trip with her best friend, Jenna. Absolutely, positively, without a doubt, Bel does not want to fly off to the Mexican jungle with her parents and bratty younger brother in search of data for her mom’s dissertation. But Jenna catches mono from kissing a boy from school, the camping trip is canceled, and Belinda’s on her way to a month in hell. Twelve-year-old Jack has other ideas about the upcoming family an isolated island, a forest full of snakes, and scuba diving with his dad. Paradise. He puts up with his older sister’s cranky moods, and jumps at the chance to practice his Spanish with the housekeeper at the lodge. He just wishes that the headaches would go away, and he wonders where he got all those bruises.Safe Passage is the story of sibling rivalry, minor injury, life-threatening illness, and the rediscovery of shared laughter. Safe Passage explores the brother/sister bond in a quick-paced story that combines serious themes of sickness and family cohesion with the lighter side of teens finding their way in the world.

206 pages, Kindle Edition

Reviews

[Laura Macmillan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this novella-length book; a coming of age tale with a twist. A little like some of Jodi Picoult's works.