Product Description

Opposites attract!? Angela May and Tycho Potter couldn't be more different: she is tall and beautiful, confident and carefree; he is short and serious, plain and self-conscious. Angela is popular and sexy, with many boyfriends; Tyke prefers the company of his books and watching the skies through his telescope. Tyke has a huge crush on Angela, yet these two 18-year-olds are unlikely best friends. He loves and is mentally tortured by her in roughly equal measure. Angela acts out her burning desire to find and confront her father, whom her mother describes as having been the love affair of her life, but the truth is a very different story which shatters all her childhood imaginings. After a dramatic confrontation it is to Tycho she turns for support, and as their very different worlds collide they begin to understand the unpredictability of life as the repercussions touch everyone around them.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #521315 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 226 pages

Review
"Margaret Mahy is outstanding in the richness of her ideas and in her great storytelling ability." Twentieth Century Children's Writers "Of course, like everything Margaret Mahy writes, it is very funny ! written with an awareness of the possibilities of language which can only be called poetic, and drawing convincing family relationships ! such pleasures should be widely shared." TES "Mahy's impulsive, 'non-predictable' style makes all convincing by sheer vividness and verve." TLS

About the Author
Margaret Mahy was born in New Zealand and has loved telling stories all her life. She has published well over a hundred titles and won several major prizes and awards, including The Order of New Zealand, for her internationally-acclaimed contribution to children's literature. She has twice won the prestigious Carnegie Medal, (The Haunting, 1982, and The Changeover, 1984). Margaret lives in the South Island of New Zealand, in a house which she partially built herself, overlooking Governor's Bay.

Customer Reviews

"And the square root of two is an irrational number!"
My friend recomended this book to me and I put off for a bit at first. However, as soon as I did start reading it was difficult to put down. I thought it was beautifully written and really touched the romantic side of me. The Potter family is very entertaining particularly Richard, I would go as far and say that they were eccentric! It is now a game of mine and my friend's to say, "You are strong, strong!".

Very enjoyable, I certainly recommend it.