📖Recommend for Grades 9 and up📖
by Jen Doll
One summer Doris, Nell, and Grant
all come together at Unclaimed Baggage, a store that sells luggage that was
never collected at airports. Doris has been working in the store for some time
already, Nell is new in town, and Grant is a former football star forced to get
a job after he gets himself in trouble. As the three sort through the lost
luggage, they start to bond and form a friendship that goes beyond the storage
room. The trio discovers that they may just be what one another needs that
summer.
A fun story that also tackles some
serious elements. This story takes place in a small Alabama town where racism
still heavily exists, as seen when Nell’s boyfriend comes to visit. Grant is an
alcoholic and it’s his trouble with drinking that lands him home for the summer
and not football camp with his friends and teammates. Doris has a family secret
regarding her late aunt and takes issues with the church she grew up in, mainly
one Youth Group leader. Despite its serious elements, this book is a lot of fun
and readers will find humor in some of what they discover in the luggage.
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