Christina's Face
Penny Kendal
Published by Andersen
176pp, 0-86264-757-6, £4.99 pbk
Rachel remarks that 'families can be a mess'. Too true in this pinch of salt tale about our heroine's trip to Rhodes with father and new girlfriend, plus brother and new girlfriend's son. As coincidence would have it, maternal grandmother played away from home on the same Greek island, in her teens, resulting in Rachel's mother, and so now our Rachel bears a striking resemblance to a girl (Christina), who disappeared two years ago, understandably leaving her own family an emotional mess. There is enough suspense to keep the pages turning as Rachel comes to her realisation about her own family relationships and her requirement to solve the question of just what happened to her look-alike. A quick read for early secondary, most likely girls.
Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001) by David Bennett (DB)
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