School Library Journal Review
Gr 6-10-Though this mystery has some clunky writing, the characters are engaging. When Trisha, Robyn's weird history project partner disappears, the 15-year-old worries that she's responsible because she said some mean things to the unpopular girl. Robyn's father, the owner of a private security company and an ex-cop, is an old acquaintance of Trisha's stepfather. After he takes the case, Robyn gets involved in finding the missing teen. The fact that Robyn's boyfriend, Nick, is finishing a sentence in a group home and knows some of the same tough characters as Trisha helps the investigation. A suspicious fire at a horse stable and an insurance fraud cover-up add to the suspense. Along the way the teen sleuth faces some setbacks: Nick is being abused by his aunt's boyfriend, Robyn has to convince Trisha's protective friends to let her deliver a message to the runaway from her sick mother, and then Robyn's father is beaten. Stereotypes about appearances prevail. Despite the flaws, the fast pace and good girl/not-so-bad-boy relationship dynamic make this novel a strong pick for reluctant readers.-Tina Zubak, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
The first two titles in this series introduce readers to teen mystery-solver Robyn. In Chance, Robyn begins a surprising relationship with bad-boy Nick and his even scarier dog. In Run, she helps look for a missing classmate only to find she may have made the situation worse. Both story lines are contrived, but the characters are interesting and generally believable. [Review covers these Robyn Hunter Mysteries titles: Last Chance and You Can Run.] (c) Copyright 2012. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
You Can Run, publishes simultaneously. Great for dog lovers and young mystery fans. (Mystery. 12-16)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
The first Robyn Hunter mystery to be distributed in this country plunges readers into the eponymous 15-year-old's life as, in compensation for some accidental window breakage during an anti-animal-testing rally, she is forced to volunteer at an animal shelter. There, while confronting her own deep-seated fear of dogs (the result of a childhood bite), Robyn connects with Nick D'Angelo a hardcase teen offender from her past whose participation in an experimental rehabilitation program is threatened when he is arrested for a joyride that leaves a pedestrian injured. Sensing something fishy in Nick's guilty plea, Robyn engages in a whirl of clever detective work and deduction to get to the sad but redemptive truth. Readers who prefer contemporary characters and issues, well-reasoned solutions, and moderate amounts of danger in their mysteries will enjoy these new editions of an older Canadian series.--Peters, John Copyright 2010 Booklist
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