I wanted to share a new book I found in the free book bin at the Haltom City Library with you. The book is called The Princesses of Iowa by M. Molly Backes (Author). Inside this post is my affiliate links. If you click on the links and make a purchase, I will make a small percentage from the products you purchase.
The story took me back to the High School I attended and the jocks, the cliques and the creative types I never fit in with which is why I couldn’t put the story down and had to know what happened. It’s believable with the Author sharing young people who are learning about who they are and what is important for interacting with other humans.
I laughed with the characters, and I cried with them. Most of the time I didn’t want to put the book down. I could see this book being used in Book Clubs around the World and I can’t wait to share the story with my friends and family.
About the book:
What does it mean to do wrong, when no one punishes you? A smart and unflinching look at friendship, the nature of entitlement, and growing up in the heartland.
Paige Sheridan has the perfect life. She’s pretty, rich, and popular, and her spot on the homecoming court is practically guaranteed. But when a night of partying ends in an it-could-have-been-so-much worse crash, everything changes.
Her best friends start ignoring her, her boyfriend grows cold and distant, and her once-adoring younger sister now views her with contempt. The only bright spot is her creative writing class, led by a charismatic new teacher who encourages students to be true to themselves.
But who is Paige, if not the homecoming princess everyone expects her to be? In this arresting and witty debut, a girl who was once high-school royalty must face a truth that money and status can’t fix and choose between living the privileged life of a princess or owning up to her mistakes and giving up everything she once held dear.
Meet the Author: M. Molly Backes
M. Molly Backes has lived in Wisconsin, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Illinois. She has taught students of all ages, and once got 150 of her middle-school students to write novels for National Novel Writing Month.
About THE PRINCESSES OF IOWA, she says, “I always identified with the kids who didn’t fit in, but one day I started wondering about the kids who did. What if you did everything ‘right,’ and it still wasn’t enough?” Molly lives in Chicago with her family, and her greyhound, Zia. She teaches writing at StoryStudio Chicago and stops to pet every dog she sees.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
