Storybook, Inc. by Parker Pace
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Opening the book with the scene where Mica Psmith (P is silent) is being expelled from school certainly grips your attention. The fact that the principal conveniently has an option for her to complete school on time, a selective and secretive boarding school. The brochure is creepy, as is the feeling Mica gets from the principal, however, her mother and stepfather are on board with getting her enrolled and her fate is sealed. But is this truly a selective boarding school? Or something more sinister? Mica befriends another student, Roman, and together they try to figure out just what is going on.
As a frequent YA book reader, I am saddened when I see authors seemingly “dumb” down the tone of the book for young adults. The principal made an “unfunny” face? How about, he made a serious face, or he looked stern? These types of simplifying of the words is sprinkled throughout the book and what was otherwise a good plot, story and flow, was marred by the unnecessary bad word choices throughout.


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