On the Road to Royalty

On the Road to Royalty
By Diane Crabtree

Spring Creek Book Company, 2205. 212 pgs. Young Adult

Sixteen-year-old Lisa has to deal with a normal teenage roller coaster ride of emotions: frustration when she has to give up her room and share a room with her little sister when their great-grandpa moves in; elation when her crush, Jared, asks her on a date; and jealousy when beautiful Whitney becomes friends with Lisa's two best friend and seems to be attracting some of Jared's attention.

This is a feel-good, happy-ending book for the LDS market. Lisa is an enjoyable protagonist, with a mixture of good qualities as well as some hints of stubbornness, selfishness, and self-absorption. The plot is somewhat predictable, but this book is a good one for an afternoon of light reading.

AE