{"id":8008,"date":"2017-05-22T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8008"},"modified":"2017-05-22T11:43:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T16:43:53","slug":"risking-it-all-to-earn-a-full-ride-scholarship-by-margaret-haddix-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8008","title":{"rendered":"Risking it all to earn a Full Ride scholarship, by Margaret Haddix (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8707\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=8707\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/full-ride-9781442442795_hr.jpg?fit=1399%2C2114&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1399,2114\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"full-ride-9781442442795_hr\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/full-ride-9781442442795_hr.jpg?fit=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/full-ride-9781442442795_hr.jpg?resize=199%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of Full Ride by Margaret Peterson Haddix published by Simon Schuster BFYR | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/full-ride-9781442442795_hr.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/full-ride-9781442442795_hr.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/full-ride-9781442442795_hr.jpg?w=1399&amp;ssl=1 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>Hiding out in a new town,<br \/>\nnew name, old worries,<br \/>\nif anyone ever finds out about Daddy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>After her dad is imprisoned for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerhope.com\/jargon\/s\/scam.htm\">computer fraud<\/a>, his lawyer helps Becca and her mom forge new identities in a faraway town. But it&#8217;s going to be so hard for the teen to keep their secret when her future after high school depends on her academic past.<\/p>\n<p>You can find this suspenseful book about decisions and risks at your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/libraries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">local library<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/indie-store-finder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">independent bookstore<\/a> in hardcover or paperback.<\/p>\n<p>How far should innocent family members suffer for a criminal&#8217;s actions?<br \/>\n**kmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: Full Ride \/ Margaret Peterson Haddix. Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2013 (hardcover), 2014 (paperback).\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/haddixbooks.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Full-Ride\/Margaret-Peterson-Haddix\/9781442442795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My book talk<\/strong>: The certainty of college for Becca starts slipping away the moment her father is convicted of computer crimes, just before she starts high school. Racing far away from his Atlanta prison (ten years!?), she and Mom take their new identities (courtesy of Daddy&#8217;s lawyer) to an Ohio suburb and lay low.<\/p>\n<p>Three staying-unremarkable years later, it&#8217;s time for SATs and college choices, and Becca decides to visit her dream school Vanderbilt (Daddy&#8217;s favorite) as her friends tour Southern universities.<\/p>\n<p>How can she pay for any college without completing financial aid forms?<br \/>\nCould she win the Court Scholarship &#8211; a full ride?<br \/>\nBut what if it&#8217;s one of Daddy&#8217;s scams that kept money in hiding?<\/p>\n<p>Who to trust, how to live so that no one connects them with Daddy&#8217;s nationally reported crimes, how to think about a future past high school &#8211; Becca and Mom think they have it under control, but&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hiding out in a new town, new name, old worries, if anyone ever finds out about Daddy&#8230; After her dad is imprisoned for computer fraud, his lawyer helps Becca and her mom forge new identities in a faraway town. 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