![]() ![]() She’s just returned from an extended stay in a psychiatric hospital, courtesy of her cutting, a fire and a dysfunctional family life or all of that combined. ![]() ![]() At 16 Jenna is already deeply scarred, figuratively as well as literally. The book starts when Jenna Lord, 16, is dragged out of the water and Detective Pendleton (‘Bob’) gives her a tape recorder so she can give him her story… the truth, the truth, and nothing but the truth. It’s set very much in the tradition set by a someone like Laurie Halse Anderson, introducing us to stories that are thoroughly character-driven, and delving into the deepest human emotions possible, wherever that may take you. Drowning Instinct is contemporary YA at its best. However, the voice of its protagonist/narrator is as powerful as the reach of Bacigalupi’s (geo)political ambitions (BTW, ‘drowning’ seems to be a keyword these days). Drowning Instinct, though, is a whole different ballgame than Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Drowned Cities. Bick’s Drowning Instinct is the second Printz contender the cat has read in as many weeks. ![]()
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