WINFIELD

Be Not Far From Me

by Book Blog

Posted on May 21, 2020

Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis  

This is one of the last books purchased for the 2019-2020 school year, so it hadn’t made it to the shelves before the world went on lockdown, but it will be here for us in August and I hope a lot of people read it.  Once I picked it up, I couldn’t put it down.  The author has other books in our library, I definitely plan on reading those, too, based on how much I liked this one.  The main character, Ashley, is a no-nonsense high school junior, who is like a realistic Katniss Everdeen.  She is very poor, has known hunger, and has a hard time understanding girly-girls; instead, preferring to spend her time in the woods.  After a party in the woods and some bad decisions made by Ashley and her boyfriend, Duke, Ashley is hurt, alone, and lost in the woods.  As she struggles to survive her wounds and make back home, she has to make some hard choices and finds herself in some scary situations.  Will she make it home? 

Tags:  soooo good, survival, cheating boyfriend, meth trailer, amputation, possum