A review by enidsorko
Amish Guys Don't Call by Debby Dodds

4.0

This was a fun YA to read, but it also covered lots of deep topics. I really liked the main characters, and especially loved the nerdy references to things like Buffy and horror movies. Even though the reader is able to figure out that Zach was raised Amish early on, it takes Sam a bit to figure it out- but it is believable that it would take her this long to piece together the clues. All of the characters are flawed in their own ways, which makes them seem like people you really would have known in real life during high school. My 12 year old daughter is eager to read this, and now that I have read it, I am comfortable letting her go ahead and read it- I think it will give us lots to talk about- cyberbullying, the importance of being true to yourself, the drive to fit in with the cool kids, how you can be friends with people very different from you, how people can change, how everyone has problems, etc.