“Until Friday Night” is a young adult novel by Abbi Glines. In this novel, Maggie Carleton, a teenage girl with a tragic past, moves to Lawton, Alabama to live with her aunt and uncle. Maggie’s mother is deceased, and her father is in prison. These afflictions led her to not speaking for two years. When she meets West, Maggie sees his vulnerability and knows that he needs someone who understands the pain he is experiencing, so she speaks.
Though everyone sees him as the star football player, West Ashby has more to worry about than winning the upcoming game or impressing college football scouts. His father is dying of cancer and nobody knows except for him and his mother. He refuses to let anybody see him vulnerable and decides to keep all of his feelings to himself, up until he meets Maggie.
Maggie and west soon become friends, bonding over the grief of their parents' death. Together, they face problems involving their families, friends, and each other. Throughout the novel, they go to football games, attend field parties, sneak out to their favorite spot, and they fall in love.
Maggie and west soon become friends, bonding over the grief of their parents' death. Together, they face problems involving their families, friends, and each other. Throughout the novel, they go to football games, attend field parties, sneak out to their favorite spot, and they fall in love.
This story is heartfelt, emotional, and touching to all types of readers. It allows the reader to experience the feelings of love and loss that the two protagonists encounter throughout the novel. “Until Friday Night” is popular among the students at John I. Burton and it is available to check-out in the library.
Written by Megan D.
