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Book Review By Sandra Calhoune
The Torn Skirt by Rebecca Godfrey

Sara Shaw is a 16 year old teenager growing up in Victoria, British Colombia during the 80's. Nicknamed Ice Queen by the kids at school due to their belief she is stuck up, Sara is immersed in skipping class, hanging out with the stoners and getting her first taste of young love with high schooler, Dean Black. Sara is being raised by her drug addicted father after leaving a commune called the Pleasure Family. When Sara's father catches her in the act of masturbation, Sara is abruptly abandoned when her father walks out of her life. Left to fend for herself, Sara soon starts skipping school and hanging out in the streets with a teenaged prostitute named China. China involves Sara in a plot to rob a john of his money.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school
Wild kid(s)? - druggie culture (& crime)

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - society

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Misc setting

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing - licking
Lot of foul language? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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