GANG GIRL is a young adult book that is part of the SIDE STREETS collection which is a fantastic collection.

The books in this collection, including GANG GIRL, are written with reluctant readers in mind. They are fast-paced and are about situations that young adults can relate to.

I think these books are under-rated so far. Every school library and public library should purchase each and every title in the collection and should vigorously promote them.

It is books like GANG GIRL which have the ability to foster a lifetime love of reading in teens who would otherwise have not even considered reading as a fun or worthwhile activity. It is for this reason that I am Rating GANG GIRL as 5 out of 5 Stars ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I would like to thank Lorimer Publishing and the Netgalley website for this partnership.

I was immediately attracted by the blanket and we see Sasha with a hood on her head.

She has just left Russia with her mother and is eager to start from scratch. She will be part of the crew in her new school with volunteer girls. Except that she will soon discover that this group is a front, they want her computer skills to steal identities and others.

I loved this book more than anything, I went straight into the story so captivating, moving full of suspense and twists and turns. Sasha's character is very endearing. This talented author is eager to read her next book.

This book was a little odd. Not a horrible odd, just a bit out there.

Sasha is Russian and she got in trouble in Russia so her well to do parents send her to Canada. Almost from the first second she is here, she ends up with the "mean girls" and has to devise a clever plan to get out of some serious stuff she did with them.

I find the story interesting but the reality is a little out there. These girls are all thought to be doing good works, but really they are cheating, stealing and doing other horrible things. The lead who is nicknamed "master" is something else. She is all kinds of horrible and does not have one redeeming feature and, of course, Sasha ends up with the boy that master covets.

Its all so unlikely and destructive, I am not sure what the point of this book was. None of the characters are fleshed out - at all. The parental guidance in this book is ZERO and we don't even get to really discover who Jake is, other than he clamps onto Sasha and becomes her boyfriend.

Who does not love reading about mean girls and from this point of view, the author wrote an entertaining book, but you have to be willing to suspend your disbelief - a lot.

I received a copy of this book for a fair and honest review.  I think the idea of CREW would work well but not the way it was used to hurt people in this book. Sasha has to used all of her skills and talents to save her from the danger of coming face to face with her schools mean girls. Master and her gang do their best get what they want and it does not matter who they hurt along the way. Sasha knows that she has to bring this group of girls down and make sure they don't ever do this again. How? You will have to read it for yourself and see what she does.