I was recently handed a new YA title from a local author famous for her children’s books, the Adventures of Fraser the Yellow Dog series. The Blue Bottle is Jill Sheeley’s first foray into the world of young adults, although she has one at home. Her daughter Courtney is one of the main characters in this new story. Local readers will recognize the mountains of Colorado while also traveling on an adventure in the Caribbean . The story is told in the voices of two 15 year-old girls’ journaling. The girls’ handwriting fonts differ, making the back and forth chapters easy to follow as their stories parallel. Throughout their stories, Courtney and Natalie grow and discover, not only the world around them, but themselves and their place with their families. Some travel, a few pirates, new found love and a sailboat help to move the stories along to their inevitable juncture. http://www.jillsheeleybooks.com/