Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11776 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-06
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Synopsis
Caitlin's life changes from the moment she sees Lucas walking across the causeway one hot summer's day. He is the strangest, most beautiful boy she has ever seen - and when she meets him, her world comes alive. But to others, he quickly becomes an object of jealousy, prejudice and hatred. Caitlin tries to make sense of the injustice that lurks at every unexpected twist and turn, until she...

From the Publisher
Short listed for the Guardian Fiction Prize 2003

Customer Reviews

OK..
This is a good book and certainly gets you hooked although i,and i dont know whether this is because i wasnt paying enough attention or becasue it actually wasnt clear, i didnt reliese she was in love with lucas.
I didnt feel that kaitlin was that much like a teenagegirl, it seemed more like what a boy would do.

as i said a good book, however i would recommend 'Candy' over this.

Lucas
I Picked up this book, not realising it was aimed at teenagers, the reviews were glowing, and righlty so. I could not put this book down, I gobbled it up, there is not a single dull part to this story, but then I reached the end......Possibly I should read the end again, to make clear what actually happened. I will not ruin the story for others but I feel as though the writer didn't really know how to close off the story, so he chose to obvious rute, I think that Lucas being such a fabulous character could have amounted to more.

Am I the only person who didn't like this book?
I thought the book was a little too far fetched for my liking, unrealistic. I didn't really get a sense of any of the characters, i didn't really care what happened to them. I felt the characters overreacted to situations and created problems that weren't there, i found myself getting lost at times. I would say the main character, Cait's ideas were a bit puzzeling and her descriptions could be a bit long winded and repetitive at times.
Maybe i'm forgetting that it is a book aimed at teenagers, and perhaps i was reading a bit too much into it. As a light read i would say it was OK, nothing special as some people may suggest.