Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Pages :344
Summary Blurb from Goodreads:
Amy Curry thinks her life sucks. Her mom decides to move from California to Connecticut to start anew—just in time for Amy's senior year. Her dad recently died in a car accident. So Amy embarks on a road trip to escape from it all, driving cross-country from the home she's always known toward her new life. Joining Amy on the road trip is Roger, the son of Amy's mother's old friend. Amy hasn’t seen him in years, and she is less than thrilled to be driving across the country with a guy she barely knows. So she's surprised to find that she is developing a crush on him. At the same time, she’s coming to terms with her father’s death and how to put her own life back together after the accident. Told in traditional narrative as well as scraps from the road—diner napkins, motel receipts, postcards—this is the story of one girl's journey to find herself.
My Thoughts:
I can't express enough how much I enjoyed this book. It was simply YA romance at its best. The story centers around Amy and Roger, two teenagers who have not seen each other since they were little, and their journey cross country. It starts out with Roger just doing Amy's mom a favor by taking her daughter to their new home in Connecticut (they lived in California) but when Amy and Roger get on the road they realize that they both need to accomplish things in their life and take a detour. There are of course emotional moments, especially for Amy as she is dealing with the death of her father and her troubled twin brother. Things are not wrapped up nicely in a bow even, Matson gives the ending a realness that you the reader could imagine happening. I would have liked to have seen the moment when Amy gets to her new home but I can understand why Matson left it the way she did. I would definitely recommend this one and now I must go plan my own cross country adventure!
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