Caitlin’s life changes from the moment she sees Lucas walking across the island causeway one hot summer’s day. He is the strangest, most beautiful boy she has ever seen. When she meets him, her world comes alive. But to others, he quickly becomes an object of prejudice and hatred. Can Caitlin save Lucas – and make sense of the injustice that haunts his world at every twist and turn?

Shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize 2003.

“A particularly moving and unusual love story.” Guardian

This book contains mature content.

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781910002018

Publisher

Chicken House Ltd

Date published

July 3rd, 2014

Other details

368 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Kevin Brooks

Kevin Brooks, author of the young adult novels Martyn Pig, Lucas, Kissing the Rain, Candy, and The Road of The Dead, was born in 1959 and grew up in Exeter, Devon. After school, he moved to London and tried to become a rock star. The book he would most like to have written is Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. His most precious memory is of sitting on a wall when he was ten years old, wondering where thoughts go when you die. He decided that they float up into space and become fuel for the sun. His advice for aspiring authors? ‘Read as much as you can, and write what you want to write, not what you think other people want you to write. And don’t give up.’

You can find more about Kevin on his MySpace page and via Bebo at www.bebo.com/kevinbrooksauthor