Don't Look Behind You - by Lois Duncan

1989 Dell YA Suspense

179 pages

Personal copy
Young adult, suspense

Cushions - 4/5

Tissues - 2/5

Daggers - 2/5

Smiles - 1/5

When April's dad is put into the Witness Security Program by the government, her entire life falls apart. She is suddenly whisked from school and into hiding, unable to contact neither her friends nor her boyfriend. Her family is moved from hotel to hotel, then when someone by the name of Mike Vamp tries to come after them, they're given new identities and put to live in Florida.

Her family has a hard time adjusting and even more of a hard time giving up their old niches. They try to make the best of this new life, but April gets tired of trying. She sneaks away and goes to her grandmother's home to try and contact her boyfriend. When she gets back home, a surprise awaits her... Mike Vamp has found them again.

Every page of this book is filled with on-the-edge suspense. Once I started reading, I was unable to put it down.

Lesson learned - Don't look behind you. What may be there, could scare the pants off you.