The Steps by Rachel Cohn

The Steps by Rachel Cohn is story told by this brat named Annabell who lives in NYC with her Bubbe, and her actress mother, Angelina. Her father, Jack lives in Sydney, Australia with his 'replacement family' which consists of his wife, Penny, his step-daughter, Lucy, his step-son, Angus, and his new daughter, Beatrice. When Angelina decides she wants Annabell to visit her father, Annabelll refuses because she literally hates her step family for stealing Jack from her.

Annabell doesn't want to go half-way around the world to see a buch of people she hates. Her mom, Angelina (Annabell calls her parent by their first names.) makes her go anyways. Annabell immediatly hate her same-age step-sister Lucy. Lucy knows nothing about boys, or fashion. She's also too peppy for Annabell's likng. But when she finds out Lucy has no friends, she starts to soften the hatred towards Lucy. Annabell loves her half sister Beatrice though. But she has some concerns about Angus. Lucy and Annabell end up running away to see Lucy's Granny Nell all the way in Melbourne, where Annabell meets, Ben this really hot guy. Ben's 14 yers old, and Annabell loves him. But when Jack and Penny find out about Lucy and Annabell's running away shanaigans, Annabell thinks she'll never see the light of day again.

The Steps has 137 pages. I thought i wouldn't like the book, on account it so short. But in the long run the book is funny and a teenage novel. It's decent. i'd rate it 4/5. I'd reccomend it to girls who have crushes, or like running away to see their grandma's. The book was a good read though.