Panic
Written by Sharon M. Draper
Narrated by Cherise Boothe
3/5
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About this audiobook
Sharon M. Draper
Sharon M. Draper is a three-time New York Times bestselling author for Out of My Mind, Blended, and Out of My Heart. She’s also won Coretta Scott King Awards for Copper Sun and Forged by Fire and multiple honors. She’s also the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. Sharon taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. She now lives in Florida. Visit her at SharonDraper.com.
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Reviews for Panic
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Diamond want to be a star dancer. She's very good, and when she gets a offer at the mall from an attractive well dressed man to try out for a part in a big movie, she goes with him against her own better judgement. Thane does casts her in a movie, a pornographic film which he's selling on the internet. Men and women pay Thane to come do things to this beautiful, agile dancer. The book is in no way graphic, but the reader knows the horrors Diamond is experiencing. While she is missing, the life of her close friends goes on in dramatic ways. Layla has an abusive boyfriend who sends nude pictures of her to everyone after she breaks up with him. The book has a happy ending all around as Diamond escapes and goes into therapy. Lessons: don't trust strangers and NEVER allow yourself to be photographed in any manner you wouldn't want your mama to see.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why did Diamond leave the mall with a strange man? Her friend can't understand how a young dancer could not listen to all the things she has learned growing up to now talk to stangers and when she does how her life changes.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book just didn't do it for me, despite my love for Draper. The back-and-forth narratives with characters that really don't add much to the story are distracting and waste time. The story itself is relevant BUT Draper's plotline is too dramatic -- had she toned it down a bit, it would be more believable. ALSO...the dialogue is ridiculous.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Highly disappointing. The multiple POVs just did not work nor does the fact that the writing seems dated.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Probably going to pass this one along to my high school because of the content. Diamond falls for a line used by an adult at a mall. He tells her he can get into a movie, but really he abducts her, holds her captive, rapes her and films it, and then rents her out to other men who see the film on the internet. Quite disturbing, as it is meant to be.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Touches on two very important messages to teen girls. Stranger danger and it is NOT okay for someone to bully or abuse you and when they do it is NOT love. Having said that, the book could have been alot better. The parts devoted to Diamond and what she was going through were heartbreaking. The parts covering her friends was just to much...OMG like really..talk what we use to call back in my time valley girl talk. Not that the words used in the book were like that just that's the vibe I was getting. It just didn't fit with the seriousness of Diamonds situation. I really liked the message the author was giving but the reality (stabbing with a plastic spoon) didn't hit it's mark.Okay book but needed alot of editing to tighten it up and make it an awesome book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Diamond just made the worst decision of her life but she doesn't realize it at first until she wakes up in a dark room with her arms restrained. Disoriented, confused and scared, her attempts to call for help go unanswered. She discovers that no one knows where she is and the man that promised to make her a star has sinister plans and dirty deeds that no fifteen year old girl should ever experience. Will she make it home with her spirit intact or will her world be forever shattered by the horrors inflicted upon her.
Draper handles a serious situation with delicacy. As a reader, I was able to visualize the horrors that Diamond experiences without the author going into much detail about the events that transpire. The story is about Diamond but she only has a few chapters in the book, yet we see into the lives of the other dancers and the strain her absence places upon them. Layla's story is also important because she finds herself in a relationship with someone she thinks loves her but his love hurts and suffocates her. However, she doesn't know her worth, she does not see beauty as she looks into her own eyes.
I think the story seems realistic and sadly young women find themselves in unhealthy relationships with boys that don't know or care to treat them with respect. Diamond makes me wonder, what in the world was she thinking. I found it hard to believe that she would be so trusting and that no red flags were popping up in her head. Needless to say, what happens to her in this book upset me...mostly because things like this occur so much in real life. Can you imagine someone taking your little girl, niece or sister? Just truly disturbing. Overall, the writing flows well and the characters are realistic. A good read about the nightmare of child abduction. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Diamond Landers makes the one mistake that everyone's parents always warn against: on a trip to the mall, she's lured away by a man promising a role in a movie with famous teens. Instead, Diamond finds herself trapped, drugged, and taken advantage of by a sexual predator. Meanwhile, her classmates and dance troupe wait and hope that Diamond is okay, while dealing with their own issues. Layla's story especially, featuring an abusive boyfriend who decides to send out nude pictures of her, mirrors Diamond's issues on a smaller scale. Draper has a great understanding of how teens speak and act and paints a realistic and contemporary portrait of their world. For more books about kidnapping and its effects, try The Night She Disappeared by April Henry or Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Draper is a go to author--especially if you live in Cincinnati! This story, however, left me a little twitchy. I certainly won't be taking it to a jr. high. All the main characters belong to a dance school. They are preparing for their next preformance, "Peter Pan", when one of their main dancers disappears. Diamond went to the the mall, picked up her tights & while waiting for her friend was approached by a fast talking man who said he was a film maker(true) & had numerous teen type stars deseceding upon his home for auditions. He invites her to try out also. Seems too good to be true--yep. Diamond finds herself tied to a bed with the cameras rolling. The community , including her friends Mercedes, Layla & Justin, is devastated.While waiting for the plot surrrounding Diamond's tragic kidnapping to be resovled, Layla's unfortunate realtionship with an abusive boysfriend is explored.Strong basic message about things that happen all to often in this world.