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Bradbury, Jennifer. Shift.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

BRADBURY, Jennifer. Shift. Simon & Schuster. 242p. c2008. 978-1-4169-4732-5. $16.99. JS

Reminiscent of Chris Crutcher's Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes or E. L. Konigsburg's Silent to the Bone, this book is a story of a boy going to extraordinary lengths to save a friend. It begins on a bike trip across America, taken by two recently graduated high schoolers, Chris and his best friend Win. They begin in Virginia and are supposed to end in Seattle before heading home on the bus. Yet in eastern Washington, Win ditches Chris and rides off into the sunset. Chris, angry and betrayed, rides the bus home alone and begins his first year of college. The problem is that Win's ...

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