One Misssissippi By Mark Childress

Reviewed by: Julie D.T.

The Musgrove family is going through rough times. Their moving trailer blows up as well as all their belongings.  They move to Mississippi, into an almost empty house and only a few sets of clothes. A few months after being in Mississippi, the family begins to settle in. Jeff Musgrove finds a friend by the name of Tom Cousins. His Dad finds a job and they move into a new house near a Drive-In Movie Theater.  Jeff and Tom both find prom dates; Jeff noticed a beautiful girl name Arnita Beecham whom is the first African girl to win prom queen in the history of their school.  After a tragic accident Arntia and Jeff become very close friends and good things keep on happening, until the boys secrets get out. Read more to find out Jeff’s story of moving to Mississippi.

I enjoyed this book because many occurrences took place during the story, and it was a fast paced book. The author did a great job adding things that actually happen in a teen’s life to the book.  I could not put the book down, and always needed to know what happened next, due to every page being a cliff hanger.  I would highly recommend this book to any young adult reader.

           The book, One Mississippi, taught me to always speak the truth and not lie about crimes.  This is because Jeff and Tom committed crimes which lead up to many horrible things happening.  Instead of waiting for the last minute to come clean and face the truth, tell someone what you have done, so you can find help and not cause more problems to happen. Those are just one of the many things this great book taught me. 

Honorable Mentions:

The World, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

Johnny Tremain