Book #33 is
The Grounding of Group 6
by Julian F. Thompson
Well, it's certainly different. It's a book-child of the late seventies--that's evident in every phrase, every platitude, every character and every action. The girls are cool, liberated and sexy in a way that only a male writer can depict--I suspect him of creating the three girls of his dreams and throwing them into a mixer to see how the arms and legs shake out.
His creations:
The uninhibited girl.
The untouched girl.
The psychic who is emotionally wise beyond her years. (What guy doesn't want to do it with a psychic?)
It's not a shallow book--well, it doesn't mean to be. But it really is. Five kids are sent off to boarding school by their parents, and by off, I mean off. As in, to be offed in true NYC gangster style. They're not such bad kids, they just don't fit the mold their parents desired.
They survive and surpass their emotional deficiencies and end up....
Misfits.
You read it and see if you don't agree.
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