JG’s by M.D. Marrone is a story about Luke whose sister, Claire; has a hearing deficiency and he participates in a lifeguarding camp in the summer. With his sister having a disability she goes through problems most people would never experience. One kid named, Jimmy is going through his own complications, because of his parents. He decides to cause others misery because of his misfortune and calls Claire, ‘retarded because of she can’t pronounce words correctly’. Luke does not take kindly to this and in turn is training to beat Jimmy in a race that he’s previously won.

Later at the end of the book Jimmy and Luke become friends and is a great ending to the book. My favorite part of the book was ending, because I have actually participated in an event like the Taplin in JG’s and gotten 5th place out of 300 of the fastest B’s. Overall, I would rate this book three stars, because to me there wasn’t much excitement or anything urging me to turn the next page.