If I could read fast enough, I would have read this book in one sitting. In fact, she knows that one of them betrayed her. Meg is also afraid given the failure of her secret service patrol to protect her. Meg is angry with her mother for being the president and thus putting Meg in a position to be kidnapped. And once Meg returns, the president has to divide her time between being a mother to Meg and being the president. Meg would never have been kidnapped were she not the daughter of the president. Politics are woven into this story of tremendous pain and perseverance.
It's hard to believe that Meg could be planning such a thing when only a week or two earlier the drive from the hospital to the White House terrified her. By the end of the book, Meg is planning to start college at George Washington University in just a few weeks.
Beth seems to fix Meg's emotional reaction to what's happened to her much too easily. We are inside Meg's head until her best friend arrives. In the third section, Meg is home at the White House. Again, White keeps us inside Meg's head, and what's going on in Meg's head seems very realistic. In the second section, Meg is in the hospital. He tortures her mercilessly but also brings a bottle of good scotch into the room where she's being held and sits and drinks it with her. Meg interacts with only one of the terrorists. White keeps us inside Meg's head and what's going on in Meg's head seems very realistic.
(Feb.In this third installment of Meg Powers' life as the daughter of the first female president of the United States, Meg is kidnapped by terrorists just before her high school graduation. Agent: Jennifer Laughran, Andrea Brown Literary. Although some of the storyline is predictable, well-defined characters will draw readers in, and the open-ended conclusion will leave them contemplating how far Jill’s talent might take her. Beyond giving an insider’s view of baseball players’ daily routines and lives, White (the President’s Daughter series) offers a credible portrait of a young woman breaking traditional gender boundaries while being scrutinized by the entire nation. And there are a number of people, including some of Jill’s new teammates, who would like nothing more than to see her fail. Living away from home with a host family, she often feels lonely and homesick despite having been taken under the wing of a fellow player. Already a media darling, Jill gains even more fame after accepting the offer. Jill Cafferty’s plans to attend Stanford are put on hold after she gets drafted to pitch for one of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ minor league teams. Like the TV series Pitch, White’s novel traces the dramatic ups and downs of a female professional baseball player trying to prove her worth.
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