Book Review: Things to See in Arizona

 

I think this is the first YA novel I've read since Jodi Picoult, years ago. It's not my usual genre, but since I've loved so many of this  author's adult work, I thought I'd give it a try.

And I'm glad I did. Tuesday is going through some typically age appropriate, post-high school graduation angst: the over-protective parents she's just recognizing as flawed human beings, the hopeless crush that might not be so hopeless, the childhood best friend growing into a deeper, adult connection.

But on top of these things, a recent health diagnosis has her struggling to make sense of the future she's currently planning. As the book starts, she's definitely trying to maintain her self-protective denial. On a road trip designed to find her runaway father, she begins to find the bravery it will take to face the truth.