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Girl on Point by Cheryl Guerriero

Alexandra Campbell’s life comes to a crashing halt the night her younger sister is killed during a convenience store robbery. Shattered by guilt, Alex distances herself from her friends and family. Months later, with the police investigation stalled, she fears justice may never be served.

Determined to avenge her sister’s murder, Alex disguises herself and joins the gang responsible for the shooting. To identify the one who pulled the trigger, Alex must put her own life at risk in a world of dangerous criminals. But the longer she plays her new game, the more the lines blur between loyalty and betrayal.

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Author’s Bio

Cheryl Guerriero was born and raised in New Jersey and currently lives in Los Angeles. Cheryl, an athlete since the age of 7, went on to college where she became a National Lacrosse Champion. Upon graduating, her mother insisted she get a job at Prudential Insurance Company which was a five-minute drive from their home and get married. Guerriero promptly moved to New York City and became a writer.

After Cheryl received her first check for writing, her parents got off her back about getting a real job. She began her career as a screenwriter and has won numerous awards, but her proudest moment to date was when she was sitting in a Chicago movie theater watching her first produced film, National Lampoon’s Pledge This!, when one fine moviegoer yelled out, “This movie sucks!” Making it even more special was the fact that Cheryl, voted “funniest” in high school, had written the screenplay with a best friend who had been voted “most likely to succeed.” The movie was neither funny, nor successful.

Cheryl continued on her way with writing and saw her next original screenplay Hunting Season, a mystery thriller, make it from the page to the screen. Hunting Season has aired on HBO/Cinemax, Lifetime and numerous TV channels around the globe.

In addition to writing, Cheryl also directed and produced the documentary short My Best Kept Secret and was invited onto the Oprah Winfrey show as a featured guest to discuss the documentary.

Girl on Point is Cheryl’s debut novel and she hopes you enjoy reading it as much as she enjoyed writing it!

My Review

5 stars

Alex Campbell is a teenager that gets good grades and plays basketball. One night after a game at Cantor East High, a rough school in a rough neighborhood, Jenny goes to a convenience to get a drink for Alex and is killed in a robbery gone wrong. Alex is wracked with guilt over the death of Jenny, her mother blames her for Jenny’s death and has turned to alcohol, and her father doesn’t know how to deal with any of this mess. The police think that a local gang called the Black Diamonds may have done the shooting but their investigation stalls. Alex decides to join the gang to find out who pulled the trigger and to get her revenge for the loss of her sister.

This is an incredible story. My heart was broken along with Alex when her sister dies. Then to have her home life broken does not help. I could completely understand why Alex decides to go on the hunt for Jenny’s killer. But there is so much more to gangs than what we see on the outside.

Many don’t realize that a gang essentially becomes a family for most of those that join. Because of that, as Alex digs deeper you find it harder to want to hurt anyone of the women even if they were the one that pulled the trigger.

I loved this book. It is an amazing and touching story. I almost didn’t want it to end so I could deny that one of these women killed Jenny.

I received Girl on Point from the author and Red Adept Publishing for free. This has in no way influenced my opinion of this book.