Be True to Me by Adele Griffin; Review
Be True to Me by Adele Griffin Algonquin Young Readers 352 pp. With two opposing points of view, two girls fight over the same new boy in town, Gil Burke. Jean, a privileged girl who spent her childhood summers vacationing on Fire Island, met Gil at a home party in New York. After showing him around the city, she realized that feelings for Gil had blossomed, and he seemed to return those feelings. However, Fitz, a hardworking girl from outside the privileged gates of Sunken Haven, fell for Gil after he arrived on the Island. Gil, a handsome boy from down south with ties to one of the most powerful families in Sunken Haven, noticed both girls and seemed to send the same signal to both girls. Throughout the book the girls battled for Gil’s attention, whether it was secret meetings on the roof or booking rooms in a motel. The tension between the girls was undeniable. The girls already had a rocky history, but as a reader we wouldn’t have assumed their history alone would have m...