Viola in the Spotlight

Viola in the Spotlight
By Adriana Trigiani
HarperTeen, 2011. 283 pgs. Young Adult Fiction

Viola is finally back in Brooklyn where she longed to be after spending a year in Indiana at the Prefect Academy. Viola misses her four roommates, but she’s glad to be back with her friends, Andrew and Caitlin, and has planned a whole summer of hanging out with them. That is until Viola learns that Andrew is going to summer camp and Caitlin has a job. In the first book, Viola in Reel Life, Viola learned with difficulty to accept change in her life. Now she must figure out if she has really grown as much as she claims.

Trigiani can always be depended on for interesting and complex characters. It’s also quite refreshing to read a book where the parents are actually present and are not made out to be villains. I think I enjoyed this sequel more than the first book.

AJ