There's a little kissing mild, infrequent swearing ('crap,' 'hell,' 'a-hole,' 'ass') and a couple of instance of teen drinking There are descriptions of injured sea animals, and the rest of the violence is limited to slipping and falling. Working together at the rescue center, they continue to bicker and antagonize each other but eventually learn to work together in this opposites-attract romance. The two were partnered on the big project and each blame the other for poor communication and the unsatisfactory final product. The center is owned by the mom of her sworn nemesis, Quint. On the last day of her sophomore year, Prudence receives a low grade on a major science project, and she insists on redoing it over the summer, leading her to volunteer at the local marine rescue organization. Parents need to know that Instant Karma, by Marissa Meyer, is about Prudence, a hardworking perfectionist teen who, after a head injury, develops the power of delivering karmic justice to deserving people. Another teen drinks a glass of champagne.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Teens are offered alcohol at a gala and turn it down.

Her newfound karmic insights reveal how thin the line is between virtue and vanity, generosity and greed.love and hate.and fate.Teens, but not the main characters, drink at a big bonfire party on the beach. When Pru resigns herself to working at the rescue center for extra credit, she begins to uncover truths about baby otters, environmental upheaval, and romantic crossed signals - not necessarily in that order.

Quint is annoyingly cute and impressively noble, especially when it comes to his work with the rescue center for local sea animals. Pru giddily makes use of the power, punishing everyone from public vandals to mean gossips, but there is one person on whom her powers consistently backfire: Quint Erickson, her slacker of a lab partner. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her. In New York Times best-selling author Marissa Meyer's young adult contemporary romance, a girl is suddenly gifted with the ability to cast instant karma on those around her - both good and bad.Ĭhronic overachiever Prudence Daniels is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town.

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