lucas

__Lucas__ by Kevin Brooks ISBN: 0-439-53063-6 c2003 359 pages

Good sections to read aloud: -First paragraph on page 1 about the first time she saw Lucas -Skip to page 6 and continue about when she first saw him and where it was and what he looked like

Summary: Caitlin and her father live on an island in England. It is summertime when they book starts and her brother, Dominic (Dom) is coming home from the University for the summer. Caitlin and her father go to pick him up and on the way home, she spots a boy near the island. She knows he must be an “outsider,” because he is a long way from anywhere, and no one really can walk anywhere. She discovers that his name is Lucas and he is wandering from town to town and just has happened upon their island. Many people on the island do not like the fact that he has showed up. Their opinion of him is very low because he is like a gypsy. Something happens on the island, and right away, everyone is quick to blame Lucas. He knows, as does Caitlin, that he is innocent, but will the truth come out before it is too late?

YA Fiction--teen issues; homeless people; fathers & daughters

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