Westminster Abby

Have you ever wanted to get away from your over protective parents?

Abby is a 16 year old girl who is jet setting of to London to get away from her ex-boyfriend and her over protective parents. She is very worried but soon meets a crazy but funny punk rock friend who she hangs around with. Abby soon meets a charming boy called Ian and soon finds herself in love. But disaster strikes! Abby is now thinking that her trip to London wasn’t such a good idea. Abby thinks her life is all too complicated but soon makes some decisions that remind her that she is still only young.

Abby Capshaw is the main character in the novel. She is sixteen years old and is shy but responsible and kind. But at the same time she still likes to have fun with her friends.  The book doesn’t really give a description of Abby but it does say that she usually always wears her hair in two braided pigtails. Abby doesn’t often care about how she looks and doesn’t usually do things that are out if the ordinary.  Abby is an ordinary teenager who believes her parents are way to over protective so she thinks going to London will be a good thing to get away from them.

The book is set in London through an exchange program in modern day. The theme or message is that you need to be true to yourself and don’t jump into things too quickly live whilst you’re young and make decisions that will help you. The narrative style is from Abby’s point of view but it also changes to be the narrator talking about Abby.

I loved this book. I thought it was a really enjoyable book. I think it had some good life lessons in it but it was funny at the same time. It is quite an easy read and it is good for people who like books that are based in different countries and about people travelling to other countries and learning about other cultures. I would recommend for people aged at about 12-15.