The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie

Title The Murer of Bindy Mackenzie
Author: Jaclyn Moriarty
Date of Publication: 2006

This book is a sequal to the book 'A Year of Secret Assignments', though they really don't tie into each other, they contain some of the same characters. I chose this book because I hate reading a book knowing it has a sequal and not continuing the series, of course, I only do this assuming I liked the 1st book, which I did.

I'm currently on page 319 of 490, so most of the expectations I had were fulfilled, but I'm sure there are still surprises waiting for me around the corner. Anyway, I expected the book to be good since the 1st one was really good, and the book is good.

However, the main character, Bindy, is full of herself, she's extremely smart, and she knows it, and she makes sure that everyone else knows it too. She's in year 11 (set in Australia, so I assume year 11 there is Junior year, but I'm not sure), and is finding out through attending FAD (Friendship and Development) classes that people really don't like her that much. She's trying to chance people's opinions of her by opening more. Also, her acedemic status seems to be slipping the more she gets involved in making people like her, and paying almost too much attentio to the FAD group.