Slacks for Ella Funt

I know a lot of people liked Gabrielle Zevin’s last book, Elsewhere. But I thought it felt a lot like The Lovely Bones, but not as good. This one, on the other hand, I really liked. It had more of a Laurie Halse Anderson feel, and that’s generally a good thing in YA fiction. The characters were interesting and likable, and the plot line managed not to be too angsty or too sappy.
The only problem I had with the book was that my copy, which I picked up at BEA, ended at page 214. The book did not. The last section of my book was pages from a completely different book. I guess they picked up the wrong stack at the bindery. I was extremely annoyed that I was going to have to wait until the book actually comes out in September to read the ending. Luckily, someone in my book group had a better copy. One with an ending. So I borrowed hers and got to finish the book.