Silver Star is an eye catching novel by Jeannette Walls. The book was a coming of age novel as well as realistic fiction. Taken place in the 1970's, the book had a lot of ups and downs. Two girls-12 and 15 years old-take on a dangerous adventure together throughout their school year. From being called names at school to being attacked by an man, Bean and Liz have been through it all.
A mother of two girls named Bean and Liz is living in California. The mother has a mental breakdown and leaves the girls with food and money. The police soon grew suspicious so the girls fled, using their money on a bus ride to Virginia where their uncle lived. The girls eventually had to move in with their uncle and go to school there. Since their uncle, Tinsley, didn't want to spend money on clothes, the girls had to secretly go out and search for a job. They soon found a man by the name of Mr. Maddox who was willing to employ them. Fast forward a few months and one of the girls was attacked by him.
Overall, Silver Star is a great book but it has a large amount of scrambled events that turn out to be minor in the end. The personalities given to each character was unique and interesting. Jeannette Walls showed a fairly accurate representation of what it was like in the 1970's.
Through all of the ups and downs in the book Silver Star, Jeannette Walls did a great job of accurately showing what could be a real life situation in the 1970's. I gave this book four out of five stars because, although the book was really fun and entertaining, it had a lot of jumbled events that were minor in the end. This book shows that life isn't always fair.