Right Behind You
Posted on Monday November 03, 2008 by Fairview
Right Behind You
Author: Gail Giles
Genre: Young
Adult Fiction
Right Behind You, by Gail Giles, is a very well written
book. It has raw, human emotion and is full of conflict. It shows how one
mistake in your life can cause an untold amount of trouble. The story
begins with Kip, a nine-year-old boy, living in the woods in Alaska with his
dad. He is doing chores when a neighbor boy starts gloating to Kip about his
new glove. Kip gets angry and tosses a bucket of gasoline on the glove,
sloshing some on the boy. Kip lights a lighter and tosses it at the glove,
setting the glove and boy on fire. The story then follows Kip
as he is
committed to a juvenile psychiatric center, where he goes through therapy
and has to learn to forgive himself for his crime. After his stay, his
family moves to a new town. Kip has to erase his past, which means
changing
his name, and trying to shed his guilt for what he did. However, Kip learns
that this isn't possible, and he must learn to live with the pain he
feels.
This book is a great story, and it shows a side of people that is not
often found in books.
posted by ryan-teen council member at Fairview
