Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Trent
Daniel Parker · 2000
58/100
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The redemption-through-love arc is a reliable YA engine, and the school-social-drama setting will feel familiar to the target reader in a comfortable way. The problem is the foundation: a mean-spirited prank aimed at humiliating a tutoring student is a shaky place to build a romance, and the book never quite escapes that shadow. Early-2000s genre fare with limited staying power.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety72
substance52
craft55
originality42
accuracy65
hype48
age-fit70
human-eye55
Penny’s verdict58
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