| Title | : | What If? |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | ebook |
| Number of Pages | : | 101 |
| Publication | : | Published April 12, 2016 |
The Scientist asks “What If?” and a new medicine is discovered.
The Inventor asks “What If?” and a new product is presented to the world.
The Politician asks “What If?” and a country's government is improved.
But what happens when the teenager asks “What If?”
Rachel Anderson is a typical 14 year old trying to work her way through high school. But then she's asked some “What If?” questions and life begins to change. What possibilities could open up if she auditioned for the school play? How would life be different if Jesus was one of her school friends? As Rachel faces these new challenges, friendships change in unexpected ways.
What If? Reviews
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There’s a scene early on in Caroline Johnston’s Young Adult novel What If? that made me realise this story has more to it than I’d expected.
Featuring what looks like a teenage girl daydreaming on the cover, I was expecting a story about relationships and maybe some romance and if that’s what you’re looking for then you won’t be disapointed.
This is not my normal reading choice... (my default easy read is a Lee Child. But that does sometimes get a bit boring…)
The heroine of the story: Rachel Anderson is encouraged to audition for the school play and it was as I read her initial lines that I got a sense of something powerful in the story. It’s such a simple premise: What if we asked: what if?
I love “what if” questions. What if we could solve world hunger? What if we could develop faster than light travel? What if we could travel in time… Okay, maybe I’m heading way off genre here.
It took me a little while to find my teenage girl groove, but once I did the story sucked me in and I got caught up in what was a pretty funny comedy of errors.
If you don’t enjoy young adult stories heavy on relationships and with a hint of romance then What If? probably isn’t for you. But if you do, then I recommend it. -
The cover of this book may fool you into thinking this young girl is wondering about boys and romance.
It's actually much deeper than that. I'm sure you have your own "What if" questions in life, I know I do. But, how deep do those questions take us. Racheal asks her own, and gets some surprises that make her stop and regroup.
I was very excited by this book, as it made this 61 yo grandma stop and take a deeper look at my own "What ifs" . I think it will do the same for you. You'll never know until you try!!
