After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread my Wings, and Flew Away
November 22, 2006 — msmoellerAfter the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread my Wings, and Flew Away by Joyce Carol Oates
This is another book, recommended for 14 and up, that has mature content (drugs) and some mature language, but it has a great message. Jenna and her mother are in a horrible car accident in which Jenna lives and her mother dies. Her father visits her in the hospital, but she acts like she doesn’t remember him. He lives with his new family, and she doesn’t want to be a part of it. Aunt Caroline brings Jenna to her house to live with her family. Although Jenna’s aunt and uncle are kind and loving, Jenna doesn’t feel comfortable in a new house and new school. Besides, she continues to remember the car accident. Was she the one that caused the accident and killed her mother?
Jenna meets a new best friend in her new school after she finds her in the bathroom and gives her a pill she took from her uncle’s bathroom cabinet. This friendship turns dangerous. Who will be there to help Jenna?
