Welcome back to a new school year! I love the beginning of school. I know that makes me a nerd and probably explains why I chose to be a teacher. There is just something really exciting about August and the start of a brand new year! Chris in the book Shift by Jennifer Bradbury is not so excited about a new school year. He is starting his freshmen year at Georgia Tech, but because of the events of his summer, he is angry and worried instead of excited about the future.
Chris and his friend Win decided to take the summer after high school and ride their bikes across the country. They want an adventure before they start college. They started in their home state of West Virginia and planned to ride all the way to Seattle to see Win’s uncle. The journey is almost everything Chris hoped it would be. He challenged himself in ways he didn’t think were possible and had many great experiences. However, he and Win get separated just before they reach the West Coast and Chris cannot find him. So Chris gets on a bus and returns home without Win only to discover that there was no uncle in Seattle and that Win has not returned home. In fact, no one has heard from Win. Stranger still is the FBI agent who shows up at school the first week to question Chris about what happened to Win and he seems to suspect that Chris killed Win.
This book is a great mystery of what happened to Win after he and Chris were separated. The book alternates between the present as Chris tries to figure out what happened to Win and the past as Chris recalls the details of the trip. Reading this book is a great way to start a new school year as Chris discovers what happened to Win and learns a lot about himself along the way.
Chris and his friend Win decided to take the summer after high school and ride their bikes across the country. They want an adventure before they start college. They started in their home state of West Virginia and planned to ride all the way to Seattle to see Win’s uncle. The journey is almost everything Chris hoped it would be. He challenged himself in ways he didn’t think were possible and had many great experiences. However, he and Win get separated just before they reach the West Coast and Chris cannot find him. So Chris gets on a bus and returns home without Win only to discover that there was no uncle in Seattle and that Win has not returned home. In fact, no one has heard from Win. Stranger still is the FBI agent who shows up at school the first week to question Chris about what happened to Win and he seems to suspect that Chris killed Win.
This book is a great mystery of what happened to Win after he and Chris were separated. The book alternates between the present as Chris tries to figure out what happened to Win and the past as Chris recalls the details of the trip. Reading this book is a great way to start a new school year as Chris discovers what happened to Win and learns a lot about himself along the way.
