Reality Bites was a Finalist in the 2013 Book of the Year Award by Foreword Reviews
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4 ****
Reality Bites by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger is so funny, & the fact that most teen girls feel like a freak at times, just as the main character, makes the book totally believable with a fun twist. This opinion packed book from 12 year old Mackenzie's point of view is smash up crazy with vampires, witches, skeletal relatives hanging around plus the horrors of puberty lingering.
Mackenzie is half vampire/ half human & her vamp mother won't allow her to dress in a beautiful "girlie" costume for an upcoming Halloween party, but requires her to dress gross & gory (family tradition & such that we all love). Mackenzie is tired if being a freak. Of course this about the time girls want to attract boys rather than scare them away. Lots of laughs & frustration from a headstrong preteen just trying to fit in despite her monster family. I loved the story and think many teens will be able to relate to the very real circumstances. Heart warming and loving in appropriate places, and packed with fun and laughs.
Wenger has taken the oddest of circumstances & made them a reality of laughs.
Reality Bites by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger is so funny, & the fact that most teen girls feel like a freak at times, just as the main character, makes the book totally believable with a fun twist. This opinion packed book from 12 year old Mackenzie's point of view is smash up crazy with vampires, witches, skeletal relatives hanging around plus the horrors of puberty lingering.
Mackenzie is half vampire/ half human & her vamp mother won't allow her to dress in a beautiful "girlie" costume for an upcoming Halloween party, but requires her to dress gross & gory (family tradition & such that we all love). Mackenzie is tired if being a freak. Of course this about the time girls want to attract boys rather than scare them away. Lots of laughs & frustration from a headstrong preteen just trying to fit in despite her monster family. I loved the story and think many teens will be able to relate to the very real circumstances. Heart warming and loving in appropriate places, and packed with fun and laughs.
Wenger has taken the oddest of circumstances & made them a reality of laughs.
author bio:
Shaunda Kennedy Wenger is an award-winning author of nine books. Her young adult/middle grade novel, Reality Bites, Tales of a Half-Vampire, was a finalist in the Foreword Reviews 2013 Book the Year Awards, while The Ghost in Me was selected as a Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree. Her children’s chapter book,Little Red Riding Hood, Into the Forest Again, won the 2011 KART Kids Book List Award and 2012 Purple Dragonfly Award with an Honorable Mention. Her other note-worthy books include The Book Lover's Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature and the Passages That Feature Them (which was a National Public Radio Holiday Gift Pick); From Rivets and Rails, Recipes of a Railroad Boarding House Cookbook; and five children's books for the educational market. She recently received the honor of being put on the Teaching Artist Roster for the Division of Utah Arts and Museums. When not teaching in her high school science classroom, she busies herself with whipping up other novels and books that dip in the world of magic.
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