Sudden Moves

Sudden Moves
by Charlotte Vale Allen

Remember Fresh Air? About Lucinda and Katanya and getting over issues? Sudden Moves is the sequel! I knew there was one, because there was a note on the back of FA. But I didn't think I'd find it right away! I was just perusing the As at the library, looking for other books by this author, and when I picked this one up, I was so excited!

The whole gang is back, and doing their best to live normal lives. Luce is spending as much time with her grandmother as possible, and watching Soupboy a few times a week. Kat and her mom and grandma come up to Luce's monthly, and Luce is still working on not being so agoraphobic.

There are a few minor crisis to deal with throughout the book, one of which is Eli, Luce's grandmother's handsome doctor. Can Luce handle a "boyfriend?" OMG! :)

But then, 9-11 happens, and everything is different. How do they cope, and how can life ever be normal again?

This doesn't get too preachy about 9-11, but it does treat it with the severity it deserves, and does a good job of expressing the emotions many people felt during the days that followed.

It was good to "catch up" with Luce and Kat and see where life took them.

©2004, MIRA Books
ISBN 0-7783-2036-7