Hall, Leah is eighteen and ready to start working as a banner plane pilot she graduates-it’s her ticket to a better future. Eventually, after years of working at Hall Aviation and flying with Mr. Hall, the owner, takes Leah under his wing (ha! puns!) after she starts saving her paychecks for flying lessons.

Leah’s world opens up when she gets a job working in the office at Hall Aviation, a company that tows banners in the air up and down the beach.

That is until at age 14, she and her mother move into the trailer park next to the Heaven Beach Airport. Often facing eviction because her mother rarely works, Leah’s life has always been in upheaval. She lives with her mother who floats from town to town based on promises from each new boyfriend-promises that never come to fruition. Leah is a girl who’s grown up in trailer parks, most of which have been by airports. The other half, you ended up with two tall boys shadowing you through a trailer park, their fingers taking little nips at your clothes, like dogs.Īt first glance, Jennifer Echols’ new YA novel, Such a Rush, has all the tell-tale signs of a typical YA romance: two attractive boys, absent parents and high-stakes drama.Īnd, yet, between the covers (and what a gorgeous cover it is), you’ll find a sensitively-crafted story of an 18-year old girl, who’s never had it even remotely easy, trying to figure out what sort of person she’s going to be. In practice this worked about half the time. Controlled, meticulous Zoey is quickly losing her grip on the all-important details of her life-a life that seems strangely empty of Brandon, and strangely full of Doug.The TV said you should ignore bullies and they would stop harassing you. Did she go parking with Brandon, like she planned? And if so, why does it seem like Brandon is avoiding her? And why is Doug-of all people- suddenly acting as if something significant happened between the two of them? Zoey dimly remembers Doug pulling her from the wreck, but he keeps referring to what happened that night as if it was more, and it terrifies Zoey to admit how much is a blank to her. But then Zoey is in a car crash, and the next day there’s one thing she can’t remember at all-the entire night before. Feeling like her life is about to become a complete mess, Zoey fights back the only way she knows how, using her famous attention to detail to make sure she’s the perfect daughter, the perfect student, and the perfect girlfriend to ultra-popular football player Brandon. Like darkly handsome bad boy Doug taunting her at school. Like Zoey’s fear that the whole town will find out about her mom’s nervous breakdown. Like how her father has knocked up his twenty-four-year old girlfriend.

Forget You by Jennifer Echols