Heidi Main, Writer

Katy’s New World, written by Kim Vogel Sawyer is a quick enjoyable read!

Back-cover copy : Katy has always enjoyed life in her small Mennonite community, but she longs to learn more than her school can offer. After getting approval from her elders, Katy starts her sophomore year at the public high school in town, where she meets new friends and encounters perspectives much different than her own. But as Katy begins to find her way in the outside world, her relationships at home become restrained. Can she find a balance between her two worlds?

Check out that cover – it speaks volumes!

As a reader, I was hooked from the first page. I wasn’t sure if I’d be interested in a girl from a Mennonite community, but Kim Sawyer hooked me. The thought of someone from a Mennonite community integrating into a public high school is quite intriguing. I love how Katy thinks how she’d like to answer, but constantly keeps her mouth shut.

Kim Vogel Sawyer writes her young characters as believably as she does the adult characters. Kim has a lovely voice and is respectful to her characters.

I enjoyed how everything wrapped up in the end. And was surprised how the novel ended considering how it began. So readers, beware of a little twisting in the plot

Book two in the “Katy Lambright Series” is entitled Katy’s Debate and comes out June 2010.

Filed under: Book Review on February 2nd, 2010