Pros: An engrossing premise allows readers to gradually get to know Kammie and her family as her thoughts travel back and forth in time. It’s a race against time, as the National Guard is called in and an attempt is made to dig her out of her prison. A rescue party eventually arrives, but by then the oxygen in the well has dipped to dangerous levels and Kammie is drifting in and out of consciousness. As the hours pass, she thinks about her past life, especially the recent arrest of her father for embezzlement, and his imprisonment that led to their move to Texas and descent into poverty. After a few half-hearted rescue attempts, the three girls disappear, and Kammie is left alone, unsure if they will ever come back. Before she can finish, the rotten wood breaks and she falls into the well, where she is trapped, arms pinned to her sides. As part of her initiation, they tell her to stand on top of an old well and sing a song. Summary: Kammie Summers, new to her Texas middle school, is trying to get in with the cool girls.
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