by Judy Blundell follows Kit a performer who gets herself entangled in the mob. Kit is working as a chorus girl when she is approached by the father of her ex-boyfriend. He offers to put her up in an apartment if she is willing to contact his son at boot camp and keep him informed as to how he is doing. He then gets her a job as a Lido Doll at a famous night club and things slowly spiral out of control.While a enjoyed this piece of historical fiction I had major problems with the way it was written. There were frequent interruptions in the plot for flashbacks that were not in sequential order. These flashbacks often contained important information to the plot but were long and distracted from the flow of the plot. Additionally, there were so many characters who were in the book for a short period of time that I had trouble keeping them sorted out. It was a fantastic story but all the interruptions took away from the plot.
Appropriateness: I wasn't sure why the book was marketed as a young adult book in the first place. Although the main character was seventeen her behavior, interactions and life were that of an adult woman of the time period. She lived alone and danced in bars and nightclubs. Nothing about this book screamed teen to me (not that teens wouldn't like it, many teens read adult books. As for inappropriate material, the main character works in a night club and gets herself tangled up in the mob but there is no sex or drunkenness. I would recommend this book to older teens and adults who are fans of historical fiction.
