Tells of a family recovering from a mother's death

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	• Undercurrents Willo Davis Roberts Aladdin, 2003 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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Tells of a family recovering from a mother's death

Willo Davis Roberts' Undercurrents tells of a family recovering from a mother's death, when the father announces remarriage to a woman only slightly older than his daughters. Nikki is not only troubled by her father's sudden marriage; she finds her new young stepmother's behavior hides a deeper mystery that her father doesn't seem to sense: a puzzle which will bring them all into danger. Excellent tension throughout to the unexpected conclusion.

Undercurrents Review By Jess

Undercurrents

Why does your stepmother, Crystal, insist on wearing a hat that covers her face, a scarf that covers her hair and sunglasses in public? While on a family vacation at Crystals Aunt Edna's house, that she inherited, why doesn't she want anything to do with the house? How come Crystal dyes her hair the color of mud, even though she didn't want to? Why won't Crystal let Nikki, who is fourteen, go to her new job typing a manuscript at the Gyasi's, (the neighbors) house, even though Nikki's dad said she could? This is what Nikki is trying to find out in, this mysterious book by Willo Davis Roberts, Undercurrents.
In this book, Undercurrents, Nikki's mom dies after being sick for a year, and her dad comes home, only eight months after his wife dies and says he's engaged! Nikki, her older sister Bonnie and her younger brother Sam are really surprised, and at least Nikki was pretty angry. I think anybody would be mad and upset if you've had two different moms in less than a year!
The events in this book you mainly learn about Nikki's family vacation, that's not so normal or peaceful. I thought vacations on a beach would be awesome, I guess it would if Nikki's mom was still alive and with them, but now there's Crystal and it's changing everything. Nikki is starting to get alarmed from waking up from Crystal screaming her head off from her nightmares, what's making Crystal so jumpy?
In Undercurrents, Nikki's dad receives an urgent message and has to go home. Crystal dyes her hair mud brown and she won't let Nikki go to her new job next door. What's next? Nikki and Crystal definitely don't know, but they find out after they become a team and learn to get along. After they've become a team they figure out that someone living in the house next door is a murderer!
Willo Davis Robert's theme is most likely mystery or suspense. The whole mood of Undercurrents is kind of spooky; it's spooky in Scared Stiff too, also by Willo Davis Roberts. There is a lot of thrilling suspense when Nikki is trying to figure out why Crystal is acting so strange without her knowing. There are a lot of cliffhangers after every chapter when it just leaves you hanging, asking yourself tons of questions that heart your head!
If you're into mysteries and spookiness, you'll definitely want to read this awesome book! If you get freaked out easily or don't like realistic fiction then you might want to pick up another book while at the library. Even if you haven't like realistic fiction in the past, you should definitely want to try it out again by reading Undercurrents!

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