Jenny B. Jones On the Loose

Katie Parker is still adapting to living with her foster parents, Reverend James Scott and his wife Millie after living with a drug dealing mom who had no time or inclination to raise her. The teen actually finds she likes having rules and discipline; she enjoys the antics of her foster father who shouts at the TV and even the over the top antics of her foster mom, the ultimate obsessive person who wants everyone in her circle contented including Katie even if it means driving them to distraction. In other words Katie has had a taste of genuine adult nurturing and wants more of it.

However, the newly formed family has not faced a test of their relational bond until a tornado hits the town of In Between hitting the Scott home. Millie is hurt from flying glass and taken to the emergency room where they learn she has cancer. Katie is stunned that God would take away a loved one just when she finally has met someone to cherish. At school, trouble also occurs when Katie is blamed for stealing, which costs her the role of Cinderella in the school play. Katie with the help of her loving foster grandmother Maxine turns to God to praying mostly for Millie to be okay.

Jenny B. Jones continues the dramatic ups and downs of Katie Parker (see IN BETWEEN) as the teen begins to feel comfortable with her foster family only to have several setbacks make her wonder if God is abandoning her. Katie is terrific as the prime focus of the character driven storyline as she struggles with the issue of why bad things happen to good people. Teen readers will appreciate her doubts while enjoying the antics of James screaming at Simon of American Idol and Granny having a dude on the side. Of course there is always Einstein to make relationships happen.