Whistling in the Dark
Lesley Kagen
popular fiction
pg. 1-56

The novel starts off with Sally O'Mally telling about when her and her younger sister Troo found out their mother was sick. However, she then recalls how they ended up where they were that day. Her father and Troo's father had died in a car accident several years ago, leaving Sally, Troo, their older sister Nell, and their mother alone. Their mother met a new man, Hall, soon after. A few months later, and they were married and moving to the city for the first time ever. Now it's summer, and their mother has been hospitalized, so the girls are left to fend for themselves because their stepfather is always drunk and causing trouble. Nell, who is way older, spends most of her time with her boyfriend rather than looking after Troo and Sally like she is supposed to. Troo and Sally end up spending most of their time outside or at their neighbor's houses in order to avoid Hall. One night, they ate dinner with their neighbors, the Fazio's. They planned on spending the night there as well to avoid a run in with Hall at home, but Sally became uncomfortable in the middle of the night and had to go home to sleep in her own bed. However, when she left, she was being followed by someone. She made her escape into someone's bushes where she slept for the night. She believed it was Rasmussen, the police officer who lived in the neighborhood, the one she believed to molest and murder two other girls in the area. Although, in the morning she woke up to find an ambulance outside Latours'. Supposedly her friend Wendy was pushed down her basement stairs, by who Sally thought was Rasmussen.

So far, the book is entertaining and intriguing. It deals with two little girls and the troubles they face, which are common problems today. However, I'm only 56 pages into it so I'll have to keep reading.