A review by rkk104
Kendra by Coe Booth

4.0

The writing in this book is pretty straightforward, however, the subject matter and character growth was great. Kendra is a 14 year old girl from the Bronx. Raised by her grandmother after her mother had her when she was 14, and left for college/graduate school, she's spent her whole like waiting for the moment her mother was going to come back and reclaim her as hers. The book explores this subject a lot, as well as her relationships with her friends and boys. It was a bit of a refreshing story amongst many of the typical, cookie-cutter YA books you see these days.