Across a Broken Sky (Karina)

Rating:
Summary: Inspirational
Review: From the book description: "Across a Broken Sky is an intense novel expressing the anger and emotions a young girl feels after surviving a plane crash that killed her parents."

The story begins with Karina reliving the harrowing night that her family is killed in a small plane crash. As an orphan she is sent to America to live with an aunt and uncle. As the story develops, Karina finds herself enrolled in a school (by court order)that requires participation in flying ultralight airplanes. The author demonstrates a thorough knowledge of flying, although forcing a kid to learn flying seemed a bit much.

The story is told is third person subjective viewpoint, giving the author a lot of room to use interior monologue with the lead character. This seemed appropriate, as the premise of the story deals with a young girl's survival and adaptation to a tragedy that has turned her world upside down. I was a little unsure whether this book was meant for adults or young adults. The issues of the young girl in trouble at school placed the book in the young adult category, but the writing level, word usage, and most of the dialogue, seemed to put it in the adult category. Either way, it is an interesting story and deserves more attention than it appears to be getting.