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Title:Right Behind You
Author:Gail Giles
Book Format:Hardcover
Book Edition:Special Edition
Pages:Pages: 292 pages
Published:November 1st 2007 by Little, Brown Young Readers (first published September 1st 2007)
Categories:Young Adult. Realistic Fiction. Fiction. Contemporary. Mystery. Teen
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Right Behind You starts out strong, interesting and well written. It is the story of Kip, a guy who set fire to another kid when he was only nice years old. The thing is, Kip isn’t a psychotic kid. He has some anger control issues and some family issues… but for the most part, he is a normal kid who through circumstances beyond his control was in a position to set fire to the other kid, and Kip did it without a second thought. Until said kid burnt up and Kip’s life was forever altered.

For all of the tough issues this book brought up and addressed, in the end it shied away from anything too dark and gritty. We see a little bit of Kip’s life in a ward for dangerous and psychotic minors. Then the majority of the book takes place as we follow him after he is released. Oddly, this is where the book goes downhill. No matter how normal Kip may have been before the fire incident and the incarceration, and no matter how much psychotherapy he may have had, the bottom line is Kip is still a teenager who should be struggling with normal teenager bad behavior in addition to his hot mess of issues from killing a kid and spending his formative years in a ward for dangerously mental ill boys. But when Kip is in the real world, he does pretty well. When he makes a mistake, he eventually realizes it and alters his behavior. He strives to be a good kid and do the right thing; and he frequently succeeds. Sorry, I’m not buying that. Author Gail Giles shows us Kip and other kids (in the ward) at their worst, yet she is unwilling (or unable) to show Kip truly having any difficulty adjusting to the real world.

Don’t get me wrong. I loved Right Behind You while reading it, and it is a well written book. But for all of the interesting issues it brought up (child murderers, appropriate punishment, the media, forgiveness, teenage drinking, sexuality… just to name a few!) in the end, I couldn’t help feeling that it glossed over the truly tough aspect of dealing with any these topics. Three stars while reading this one, but ultimately a two star book.

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Original Title: Right Behind You
ISBN: 0316166367 (ISBN13: 9780316166362)
Edition Language: English
Setting: United States of America Alaska(United States)
Literary Awards: Georgia Peach Book Award Nominee for Honor book (2008), Lincoln Award Nominee (2011), Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2010)

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Ratings: 4.01 From 5169 Users | 507 Reviews

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Gail Giles Right Behind You 282 pp. Little, Brown and Company 2007 ISBN 978-0-316-16637-9 $7.99 (High School) Kip McFarland was only nine when he set his neighbor on fire and killed him. He didnt know what he was doing in that moment of passion, but he suffered the consequences in a juvenile ward. Since being released, Kips dad has moved them into a different state with different names; a fresh start. Little does Kip realize that he cant move forward when he hasnt forgiven himself. Gail Giles

Plot SummaryKip Mcfarland was 9 years old when he set his 7 year old neighbor on fire. His mother previously passed away, and he was jealous of his neighbor. Having to deal with his past, Kip changed his name to Wade Madison and moved to Indiana after four years in a juvenile ward. Struggling with high school, he gives up his secret, forcing him and his family to restart their lives in Texas, where Wade meets a girl he can't keep his eyes off of, who has secrets of her own.Personal ResponseI

I thought that this book was interesting because like the boy had killed another boy which really shocked me.What also shocked me was that the protagonist had to basically change his identity because his father was ashamed about what he did(killing the other boy). So in my head I thought that it was really messed up for the way his father did to him.I would recommend this book to people who enjoy seeing others change in a way you never would have thought would.

Let me start out by saying that I was prepared to hate this book. I have very strongly held opinions on certain things, and one of them is that it's completely unforgiveable for someone to murder a child, even if the perpetrator was a child himself. I often cling to my beliefs and stubbornly refuse to be swayed, even, I'm ashamed to admit, when someone can logic me out of them. This book shook my beliefs.I found myself becoming so sympathetic to Kip/Wade, even if I didn't want to. There were

The story is located in Alaska. Kip is a 9 year old kid who lives with his father in a cabin. His mother died with cancer.One day Kip was busy doing some work, his aunt showed up and wanted to take him away from his father and to add more to the problem, his friend was irritating him with his brand new baseball glove. Too many things going on at the same time for Kip, so he didn't think; he grabbed gasoline, spread it in his friend's body and set him on fire.He was sent to a mental hospital

At the young age of nine years old Kip finds himself feeling empty and jealous after his mothers death. Kips seven year old neighbor came over to show him his new baseball glove, Kip set him and the baseball glove on fire out of jealousy, the boy (the neighbor) died a couple days after that incident. Kip was sent to a juvenile facility for the criminally insane where he spent 5 years of his life. Now age 14 Kip is ready to try again in the real world, where he will live with his father and step

Murderer. Murderer. Murderer. Those words resonate through Kip McFarlands brain every time his name is spoken. I am a murderer. When Kip was only a kid, homeschooled in Alaska, he set fire and burned another child to death, by accident. Accident or no, the death stayed with him for every moment of his life. Kip was just getting rid of the aftereffects and the shock of watching his cousin and writhe and scream, but the memory never left him completely. The officials had already sent orders