The Lifeboat Clique

by Kathy Parks

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This was.... Interesting, to say the least. I was expecting something fun and light but I got much more than that. Denver moved to California and let's just say she isn't used to all the earthquakes—she freaked out at school when everyone else was calm and collected. The same day, she gets invited by Croix, someone who's very popular at school. At the party, she's finally talking to Croix when an earthquake happens... Then another... Next thing she knows, there's a tsunami.

This book deals with survival. Denver is stranded on a boat with people who don't like her at all but they all have to get along in order to survive. There's also loss and this, I wasn't expecting. Many students lost their lives in this tsunami and that was such a shock to me. I honestly expected this to be all a dream and Denver would wake up soon, but no. It was real! That made this book very realistic to me and I was able to enjoy it even more.

Overall, this story was unexpected and enjoyable despite all the negative things happening in the story.