A review by heykellyjensen
Just Do This One Thing for Me by Laura Zimmermann
Drew's mother is the queen of asking her to do just one thing for her. So when the thing is watching her younger brother and sister while she flies to Mexico to see Justin Timberlake, Drew is not happy. And yet she knows she doesn't have a choice, either. What unravels over the course of the week, though, is nothing Drew nor her siblings could have ever expected. Their lives begin to fall apart thanks to a social security scam, a college rejection, and perhaps the worst thing of all: learning that mom never made it to Mexico at all.
This is by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, at times laugh-out-loud. The book is set in rural Wisconsin and perfectly captures the setting while rendering multidimensional and extremely complex characters. Recommended for readers who like contemporary realistic YA; voice-y, character driven stories; and stories of lower class families working hard to make it while relying on one another in good and not-so-good ways.
This is by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, at times laugh-out-loud. The book is set in rural Wisconsin and perfectly captures the setting while rendering multidimensional and extremely complex characters. Recommended for readers who like contemporary realistic YA; voice-y, character driven stories; and stories of lower class families working hard to make it while relying on one another in good and not-so-good ways.