Review: Monday's Not Coming

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Claudia and Monday have been best friends since forever. Monday has been the one constant in Claudia's life since she could remember and for the first time ever they were going to be separated for months while Claudia was away visiting family. They both counted down the days until the duo could reunite on the first day of school.

But then Claudia comes back and Monday doesn't reach out. Claudia waits for Monday so they could brave a new school year together but Monday never shows. She asks her teachers what happened to Monday and no one seems to know. She asks Monday's mom where her best friend is and she's told her best friend left her without saying goodbye. No one wants to give her answers she desperately needs and school isn't the same without her friend.

It's a heartbreaking story told in flashbacks and flash-forwards. The present day blends in with all of those other moments to weave the story of friendship and tragedy. Claudia was a girl who needed her best friend to help her navigate the drama of life as a middle schooler and now as a high schooler she looks back to see where it all went wrong.

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