17-year-old Krista’s newly acquired first job at Watson’s Flowers is not a social event. There will be insecurity, and also pride in accomplishments. She must be willing to listen and to take direction. A bonus will be new friendships which might develop.
A teenager’s life can be like a whirlpool of changes in matters of the heart and the confusion of first love. Krista, Wake-Up Calls’ protagonist, recognizes faults in her love interests, which helps her develop an increasing sense of direction and self-reliance.
I don’t paint Krista, as a perfect teen. She makes plenty of mistakes and learns from them; sometimes with help from a colorful character, Cheyenne, who is also employed at Watson’s Flowers. Krista is a highly believable character.
The few adult characters are one-dimensional stereotypes. At one point, Krista is faced with the fact her college money is no longer available. Although she is told this by her parents, she discusses and deals with the problem with other characters. Cheyenne comments: “It’s not the end of the world.”
Wake-Up Calls is written in first person and present tense. My reader gets to live each minute with the protagonist Krista, to cheer for her and to think and feel as Krista does. One of my goals as an author is to have my readers discover the pleasure of reading.
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