What we know so far:
1. Danica Lewis is a 14 year old girl
2. her parents died when she was young
3. she lives with her grandmother in a small two bedroom house
4. they do not have a lot of money
5. she has no friends
6. a school called Delcroix Academy is trying to recruit her, but the school is only for rich students with special talents
7. the student recruiter is "hot" according to Danica
8. she has some sort of special power where she hurts people who are being rude to people she cares about
9. she is worried that the school may know about her power
I am about 15 pages in, and can tell you a lot of facts about the story, but I still have so many questions! What exactly is her power and how does it work? How did she even get a "power" in the first place? Is she going to go to the school? What would happen to her grandmother if she did go to school? I already feel badly for Danica and want to know why kids at school wouldn't try to get to know her or talk to her. I mean really, what is wrong with this girl?
It almost makes you wonder about people in your own life that keep to themselves and don't really talk to others. Are they trying to hide something too? What if something like this is going on at my school and I just don't know it because I never took the time to find out?
Maybe I should just keep reading.....
Kate, this sounds like an interesting story. I wonder what her power is. I like how it seems to blend reality in here. The fact that she feels like a "loser" keeps the novel grounded. I haven't read the book but I can relate and feel badly for Danica myself. I mean who hasn't felt that way at some point in their life. Can't wait to see where this story goes.
ReplyDeleteKatie, I hope you have gotten to the "romance-triangle" in the book by now. I am almost done with the book and I am rooting for Jack, even though I don't really know why.
ReplyDeleteDr. Jones, I finished the book a few days ago but got too invested in my next book Shrug and hadn't posted yet, and I don't want to give away the ending, but I was kind of disappointed! I agree with you, there was something about Jack that I just really liked. He seemed much wiser than all of the other characters and it seemed like no one gave him a chance! Even Dancia, who was supposed to be his best friend, seemed to dismis him rather quickly! It seems as though the author could have left it open ended. Maybe a sequel? I hope you enjoy the rest of the book!
ReplyDeleteYes, this book the first in a series of at least three books...maybe more? I would encourage you to look up more information about the author and the book online. Maybe if you read what others are saying about the book (or what the author herself says about the book) it will give you some more insight?
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