Comments on: REVIEW: Right Behind You by Gail Giles

By: Judy Adkins

Judy Adkins — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:43:57 +0000

I recently finished listening to the audio version of “What Happened to Cass McBride”? The story was good; but I was shocked at the language in the book, especially since it is geared to youth. I’m an adult, and I refuse to listen to books by authors who use such strong language. There are many notable authors who write interesting best sellers but do not use strong or profane language. If I were a teacher reviewing books to be read by my students, Gail Giles definitely would NOT be on my list of preferred authors.

By: Brandon Harrison

Brandon Harrison — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:14:47 +0000

this is the best book i have ever read most likely because i don’t read but when i read this i had a different outlook on books and that there are good books out there

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:44:19 +0000

is there a sequal?!?

By: Eryania Porter

Eryania Porter — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:14:31 +0000

iii love the book so far!!!!!

By: Julian Cooper

Julian Cooper — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:00:54 +0000

sometimes the fit on my baseball glove is not very good :*,

By: krisie

krisie — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:57:50 +0000

i just read this book for my summer reading assignment and i loved it. im not much of a reader but i read this book in a couple days. once i started reading i couldnt stop. its a great book. id recommend it to other people.

By: RK 5858

RK 5858 — Sat, 15 May 2010 21:52:11 +0000

i love this book i am feading it now and i sont really ike reading books but this one yes

By: mckenzie

mckenzie — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:03:49 +0000

this book was a really good book is there a movie

By: RK

RK — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:00:43 +0000

i think the same about the last part. I really didnt catch on to it for a second i was getting confused. But its one of my favorite books. Im doing a project on it for my English 2 class right now. Haha.

By: Randell

Randell — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:57:53 +0000

I really like this book althrough it slowed down at points. The only thing that i was not catching on to way the way sam said, “i’m here im right behind you.” Was that a good or bad im right behind you. plz explain

By: Lena R

Lena R — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:22:48 +0000

I absolutely loved this book, Just not the way it ended.
I think the end should have had more to it. Is there going to be a sequel?

By: g

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:28:13 +0000

you sed he spend 4 years at the juvenile facilaty buy he went there when he was nine and he came out when he was 14 so thts 5 years lol

By: Jia

Jia — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:29:07 +0000

trisha: Thanks for the recommendations! I do have Thirteen Reasons Why somewhere around here, probably buried on my overflowing review shelf.

By: trisha

trisha — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:21:04 +0000

Dead Girls Don't Write Letters! Oh, you have to review that one! It's my favorite of the three Giles books I've read. I agree that the weakest part of Right Behind You is the Texas portion. For me, I think it's partly that it didn't have a twist at the end like Cass McBride or Dead Girls so I was kinda disappointed. Still, Right Behind You is very easy to read. I thought I'd have a hard time getting into it because, hello, it's about a boy who killed someone. But it was actually very readable. And unlike other YA protagonists, he's got great parents. If you like Giles, you might also like Alex Flinn or A. M. Jenkins. Maybe Flinn's Beastly, which is not Giles-like, but does have a strong romance. For Jenkins, I think Damage is brilliant, though some people may be put off the by the fact that it's told in the second person. And, let's see, recs for a first person male POV... The first book that comes to mind is the awesome, mindblowingly good Boy Toy by Barry Lyga. Also The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Peeps by Scott Westerfeld, How to Get Suspended and Influence People by Adam Selzer, Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, Peak by Roland Smith, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, Freak Show by James St. James... Okay, that's a lot of recs. If I had to pick just one, I'd go with Boy Toy. But, yeah, there are more YA books told from a female POV than male POV.

By: Jia

Jia — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:27:13 +0000

Keishon: This is the first Gail Giles I’ve ever read. I glanced at her backlist and I’m particularly interested in Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters.

Bonnie & jmc: Thanks for the recs.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:20:51 +0000

This sounds excellent! I’m taking a YA materials class for my master’s in library science program and I don’t remember seeing this book on the syllabus but I think I’ll have to bring it to the attention of my professor. Thanks for the recommendation!

By: jmc

jmc — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:02:22 +0000

I liked Tucker Shaw's Flavor of the Week. It's a YA version of Cyrano de Bergerac, similar in some ways to Anthony Capella's adult version, The Food of Love.

By: Bonnie Edwards

Bonnie Edwards — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:49:58 +0000

For another excellent YA with a male lead, you might try Exit Point, by Laura Langston, a wonderfully fresh-voiced writer.

It’s available at Amazon.

Bonnie

By: Keishon

Keishon — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:20:16 +0000

I liked your review. I’ve actually borrowed a copy of What Happened to Cass McBride from the library the other day, since J reviewed it a loooong time ago. I will see if my library has this one, too, thanks.