"Life is a Challenge, and the Bond Between Sisters is One of the Biggest Challenges"
Reviewed by Sharon Salituro
Posted February 25, 2013
Literature and Fiction
In WALK ME HOME we meet Carly who is sixteen and feels
everyone loves her
sister Jen who is eleven, more than her. They start out on
an adventure after learning of several tragic which effect
their lives. They live with their mother who has had several different
boyfriends during the course of their young ives. One man
Carly has always felt
loved them all the most is Teddy. Teddy is a loser with a
secret. He
has never been able to hold down a job, but Carly doesn't
mind because he always sticks up for her. After Teddy has
lived with them for over 2 years things change. Their mom
kicks Teddy out for another man Wade. Whose side of the
story can Carly believe....her mother's or Teddy's?
When tragedy strikes and Carly realizes that she and Jen
will be turned over to child
services Carly decides that they should set out
and find Teddy. So they start out on their adventure.
They walk for days. Along the way, they have to steal
food and sometimes clothing. Carly feels that they are not
stealing because she is keeping track of everything in a
black book with address of the people and the places where
they have taken items. After several days on the road, they come across an older
woman named Delores. Will she change their lives for the
good
or will she turn the sisters against each other? Delores is
Native American and it would have been interesting to read
more of the culture, but this isn't really her story. When Carly is most in need an older couple picks her up from
the side of the road. Again, I wish that there had been a
bit more about this couple, and why they would pick up a
child who was on the side of the road.
There are many interesting people that Carly meets along the
way and she learns something from all of them. Her
experiences will help her along the way. The bond between
sisters is a strong one. But how can Carly learn to live with
her sister when she feels betrayed?
WALK ME HOME is good, but a little too long for me. I lost
interest several times as it just seem to go on and on
about nothing in particular. I feel that even though she
makes you feel like you are walking along with the girls;
certain things could have been left out to shorten the
story. Also, maybe an extra chapter to let you know how the
characters lives change or stay the same.
SUMMARY
Since their mother’s sudden death, sixteen-year-old Carly
and her eleven-year-old sister, Jen, have been walking and
hitchhiking across the Southwest trying to find Teddy, the
closest thing they have to a family. Carly desperately hopes
Teddy will take them in and save them from going into foster
care—and forgive them for the lies told by their mother. But when the starving girls get caught stealing food on a
Native American reservation, their journey gets put on hold.
While the girls work off their debt, Carly becomes
determined to travel onward—until Jen confesses a terrible
secret that leaves both sisters wondering if they can ever
trust again. Set against the backdrop of the American Southwest, Walk Me
Home and its resilient heroines will inspire readers and
renew their faith in recovery and redemption.
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