Stephanie S. (skywriter319) - , reviewed on 3/6/2007 + 784 more book reviews

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Jaclyn Moriarty is back with another story about her Australian Ashbury high-schoolers! Bindy Mackenzie is and has been the smartest, most talented girl in school. Year 11, however, starts with a bad start as she is forced to take a Friendship and Development class with classmates she deems venomous and stupid. What Bindy doesn't realize is that her superior attitude is not earning her any new friends, and pretty soon nearly all of her FAD group has turned against her.

It is only when Bindy reexamines her life that she begins to change. She is determined to look for the positive qualities of the people in her FAD group, no matter how hard it is or how much history they might have with one another. Meanwhile, Bindy's having family problems. She's living with her aunt and uncle, and her father, a single-minded successful property developer, doesn't know that her younger brother Anthony is attending a drama school, paid for by their mother. Bindy's also been feeling weak and apathetic lately, but refuses to go see a doctor about her symptoms. Nevertheless... could it be that someone is trying to murder her? How else can one explain her sudden bad grades and tiredness?

THE MURDER OF BINDY MACKENZIE is laden with Jaclyn Moriarty's usual bunch of wacky incidents and outrageous premises. However, it works for the fun book. All of the characters are excellently developed. Through notes, diary entries, and Bindy's extremely accurate transcripts, readers will grow to embrace Bindy and her FAD group as good friends. As with all of her previous books, Jaclyn Moriarty's THE MURDER OF BINDY MACKENZIE is a real treat.

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