Lee McClain, My Loco Life

In Lee McClain's My Loco Life, teenager (Alicia Jimenez) is a foster child who is next door to a total hot high school senior (Hector Cardona). She overcomes many hardships such as: Making friends, trying to pass Spanish, and getting into a design school.

Through all this she meets with her social worker (Fred) and he tells her about this magic computer game that will let her see her birth family. She gets paired up with her next door neighbor to do a project in Spanish class. Although, he is dating the school queen.

My Loco Life

Lee McClain

Smooch, April 2006, $5.99

ISBN: 0843956615

Teenager Alicia Jimenez likes her latest foster parents and enjoys her new high school, especially since the school offers her a design class. She hopes that her talent will enable her to win a scholarship to attend design school in Spain.

However, Alicia accepts that besides having to win a competition, she has one minor problem. She has not spoken Spanish since her family abandoned her years ago. She turns to the hunk next door Hector Cardona to tutor her in speaking Spanish, though she would not mind instruction in biology too. However, he is dating the school queen, her rival in the fashion design contest. Alicia sets her mind at winning the competition for the scholarship and for Hector.

In her third "My Life" novel (see MY ALTERNATE LIFE and MY ABNORMAL LIFE), Lee McClain provides a warm insightful teen tale that young adults will enjoy, because they will understand and commiserate with Alicia. While Hector is a caring hunk, Alicia owns the tale as she sets goals for herself that she strives to achieve. For a change, the foster parents are nice, kind people, and not out of a psycho ward. This is a fine entry in a wonderful series.