Over cast
K. W. Benton
- Reading
- Consider checking in after the events involving her mother's death and the hospital incident. Let the reader decide whether to pause or continue.
- Themes
- Loss and upheaval: After a prank aimed at her goes wrong and her mother dies, G.J. moves across the country to live with her aunt. The loss is central to the setup, but the treatment of grief is not established.
- School hostility: In her new hometown, G.J. is a social outcast; the most popular cheerleader wants her harm, and a boy sends her to hospital. Hostility is part of the setup, but the story's stance towards it is not established.
- Unusual abilities and control: G.J. discovers that others can also do unusual things and that she may not always be in control of herself. The unusual abilities create a speculative element; their meaning and treatment are not established.
- Worth knowing
- The plot includes a mother's death after a prank goes wrong and an incident in which a boy sends G.J. to hospital. The details and intensity of these events are unclear.