Stealing Parker

by Miranda Kenneally

[Stephanie]

I decided to pick this book up after seeing so many glowing reviews for Miranda Kenneally's other book Catching Jordan. I wasn't too sure how much I would like it, but it's about baseball, and I like baseball.

I did really enjoy the story. There were some slow parts in the middle, and sometimes the writing felt a little choppy but it started to get really interesting as I went on.

Parker's life took a turn for the worse when her mom came out as a lesbian. The people at Parker's church turned on her and her family and her best friend keeps saying she's going to turn out like her mom. So Parker quits softball and decides to prove to everyone she's not like her mom by kissing any boy who will let her. So now she's known as the girl who get's around.

Parker ends up getting roped into being the manager for the baseball team. There she meets the new coach, Brian, who's 6 years older than her. That's when things start to get a little rocky. She's knows it's wrong for her to be with Brian, but the fact that it is off limits makes it even harder to resist.

This story was really cute. I felt really bad for Parker, even though she brought some of the things onto herself. This story has it's really sad moments. It made me so sad that Parker wasn't talking to her mom, even though her mom would call her all the time to see how everything is going, but Parker would never answer, even when all she wanted was to ask for her moms advice.

It took me a while to warm up to the writing, but once the story started to pick up, I couldn't but the book down.