The 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU series is a series of books by nationally renown author Meg Cabot, written under her pen name Jenny Carroll. These books are abosolutley astounding. Even if you didnt enjoy her other novels, this series is a sure please.
The series is about an ordinary teenage girl, Jess Mastriani, who's 16. Shes just like you and me. Just a normal girl who gets in fights, has detention for life and visits the guidance counceller so often, they're practically on a first name basis. Her small town in Indiana, just outside Indianapolis is just as normal. Nothing ever happens and when something does, everyone knows about it immediatley. Especially her family, of coures, that could just be because they own and operate the three biggest restaurants in town. Oh her family is perfectly normal too. Just a girl and her two brothers - one who is schizophrenic, the other who is a computer genius and is in love with the girl next door. Jess is perfectly content with her not-so-ordinary ordinary life, when one day she gets struck by lightning.
Yes. You read that right. Struck by lightning.
So, now she has these powers which allow her to find missing people. Only theres a catch. She can only find them when shes asleap. And of course, when the FBI finds out about her powers, they want her to use them to find criminals. And they want them found now. But after her powers cause a major screw up in someones life, shes not sure she wants to find these people. After all, what if they aren't bad? And what if the kids she finds don't want to be found? It'll take some major work to keep up this job, but with the help of her sort-of boyfriend, Rob, Jess can handle it. After all, whats a psycopathic kidnapper or two when you've got the hottest guy on two wheels at your side?
This series is absolutley fantastic. The only thing that I did not like about it was the end. Under the origional publisher, the books were not selling so the series got cut off at four books, while Meg had planned eight. When the books were re-released under her real name, she only got to write one final book for the series to tie everything up. The final book, although good in its own right, to me doesnt fit the same tone and style as the previous books and seems more seperate. Of course, this could ablos be because of the gap of four years between the fourth book and the last one. All in all, 4 out of 5 stars.
Books in the Series:
-When Lightning Strikes
-Code Name Cassandra
-Safehouse
-Sanctuary
-Missing You
Find these books wherever you buy them and at the library!
Love this series? Read more of Megs Fabulous Fiction!
-Teen Idol
-The Mediator Series
-Victoria and the Rogue
-Nicola and the Viscount
-All American Girl
-Ready or Not
-Jinx
-Avalon High
-The Airhead Sieres
-The Princess Diarys
Also check out her adult and childrebs fiction novels!!
