Don't Call Me Greta: A Stolen at Birth Novel
by Angie Stanton
Angie Stanton
Teens & YA
Pub Date 19 Apr 2021


I am reviewing a copy of Don’t Call Me Greta: A Stolen at Birth Novel:



After Piper’s Winslow’s Mother is arrested for kidnapping a newborn infant seventeen years ago, Piper is shocked. When she learns she was the baby, her life is destroyed.



Piper’s birth family is about to reclaim her back into her life with the birth name they gave her, Greta, a name she does not know. What will Piper be able while her world crashes around her? Run, of course.




And of course she does run, her plans are nearly foiled when her brother’s annoying best friend joins her. Despite close calls they elude authorities. All she wants is time to digest her new fate.



But her birth family has has unlimited resources and Piper is discovered. She is delivered to a family with a glowing image, but it turns out not all of them are happy to see her.



As Piper tries to cope in her new world, she hits obstacle after obstacle. The family that seems so perfect on the outside, they are harboring secrets and nothing is as it seems…
Will she ever be fully accepted?
Will she ever fit in?
Will they ever call her Piper?




I give Don’t Call Me Greta five out of five stars!


Happy Reading!

This book did not fit well with me as a reader. That could be because I am a long time YA Reader and remember books like "The Face on the Milk Carton" and "Whatever Happened to Janie".

However, I do see value in the book. First, it is going to find a readership with youth of today, especially those who are into true crime. I recommend putting this book in the hands of reluctant readers. The story starts almost instantly and moves pretty quick. Students who are struggling will become interested quickly.

I enjoyed this book. I found the character portrayals to be realistic and the story was emotional and a tear-jerker. Appropriate for teens and adults.

I really enjoyed this book. I love the writing stye and the plot. I liked the romance. It was all really good. I just felt like the settings could’ve been described a little better. But overall it was a good book I stayed up until 3 in the morning to finish it.

A good story about a teen who has a controlling mom. Mom doesn't want her to get a driver's license or have a job. She just seems to control every aspect of Piper's life. Until that one small thread unravels and the police show up at the door to arrest Piper's mom, who really isn't her mom after all. She's the woman who stole Piper as an infant and raised her as her own. I think teens will really like this story, of a girl who takes a DNA test with a friend and then ends up being reunited with the family that she never knew she had.

So you see movies or shows about things like this but I haven't read a book like this and I must say, I prefer the book! Angie Stanton did an excellent job with this and I flew through the book. It was an easy read and brings you into every emotion.

***Thanks to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of DON’T CALL MS GRETA by Angie Stanton in exchange for my honest review.***

When Piper learns her mom kidnapped her at birth, and that her real name is Greta she runs away. Later, she’s captured by to police and returned to her biological family to begin the difficult process of adjusting.

When I first started reading DON’T CALL MS GRETA, I thought this was going to be a five star read. I was captured by Piper’s voice and Angie Stanton’s writing. Once the story turned to a runaway road trip with Piper and her brother’s best friend Finn, I saw an enemy to friends rom-com from a mile away and I couldn’t wait for that part to end to get back to why I was interested in the story. Over half way through, Piper finally meets her new family complete out of central casting with flat, one dimensional characters.

If Stanton had stuck to a story about a kidnapped girl and her multi-layered family adjusting, I’d have probably, have rated four or five stars. I do think some readers will enjoy the book. I enjoyed parts of it, especially bio dad Dave.

DON’T CALL MS GRETA could have been a much better book, but I’d still a worthwhile read for those interested in the blurb.