Title: Here’s To You, Zeb Pike
Author: Johanna Parkhurst
Genre: Young Adult
Length: Novel (174 pages)
ISNB: 9781627985260
Publisher: Harmony Ink Press (November 18th, 2013)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts
Reviewer: Eric
Blurb: Fact: When Zebulon Pike attempted to climb what is now known as Pikes Peak, he got stuck in waist-deep snow and had to turn back.
That’s the last thing Dusty Porter learns in his Colorado history class before appendicitis ruins his life. It isn’t long before social services figures out that Dusty’s parents are more myth than reality, and he and his siblings are shipped off to live in Vermont with an uncle and aunt they’ve never met.
Dusty’s new life is a struggle. His brother and sister don’t seem to need him anymore, and he can’t stand his aunt and uncle. At school, one hockey player develops a personal vendetta against him, while Emmitt, another hockey player, is making it hard for Dusty to keep pretending he’s straight. Problem is, he’s pretty sure Emmitt’s not gay. Then, just when Dusty thinks things can’t get any worse, his mother reappears, looking for a second chance to be a part of his life.
Somehow, Zebulon Pike still got the mountain named after him, so Dusty’s determined to persevere—but at what point in life do you keep climbing, and when do you give up and turn back
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Review: This book is emotional, amazing, and downright lovable. From the beginning, I found Dusty Porter to be a fantastic character. Three dimensions of pure amazing for a character. While it is a good book, it is also rather saddening. The kind of books that makes you wanna keep reading it until the end and when it comes around, you don’t wanna let go of it. Because of how amazing this book is, I would easily put it into my top 100 favorite books.
It’s a book about accepting what’s happening around you and the question of whether or not to let people have a second chance in your life. This book is downright beautiful. Amazingly written, fantastic plot and downright dynamite.
When I finished this book, I was in tears. If I could meet the author, I would wanna hug her and thank her for writing this book. The more I’d read the more I wanted to read. And in the end, I found it to be a literary masterpiece. At least, I believed so.
It is so worth it.