Sight

by Adrienne Maria Vrettos

Fifteen-year-old Dylan uses her psychic abilities to help police solve crimes against children, but keeps her extracurricular activities secret from her friends at school.

Genres: Young Adult, Mystery, Fiction, Teen, Fantasy, Paranormal, Supernatural

272 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2007

About the author

HELLOOOOOOOOO THERE!!

Sorry for shouting, I'm just really excited to see you! I'm still figuring my place in the Goodreads community out, so please be patient with me and feel free to reach out - I am ALWAYS happy to talk about books!

My very first middle-grade novel Best Friends for Never just came out with Scholastic, and I am just beyond excited. I have always wanted to write middle-grade, as it is middle-grade books that made me fall head over heals in love with reading, and with writing.

I've also written books for teens, including Skin, Sight, The Exile of Gigi Lane, and Burnout. I'm working on a new book for teens now, but it's top secret so I probably shouldn't tell you about it. But once I know it's coming out, I'll be shouting it from the rooftops :)

Now I'm off to add more books to my bookshelf!

Reviews

[. · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was by far one of the most dissapointing books I have ever read.
I felt cheated
In the covered it said you shouldn't read this at home alone. It wouldn't have mattered if I read this in an abandoned dark house, I wouldn't be scared in the slightest.

This is nothing but a tedious story about a tedious teenage girl and her tedious friends. It was supposed to be a chilling, frightening thriller, but what I got was the diaries of a boring girl's life

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dylan had her first vision when she was in kindergaten. She saw her friend Clrence lying in the snow, a shadowy figure walking away from his lifeless body. The killer was never caught and every vision Dylan has had since then has been the same - Dylan sees dead children. She is always too late to save them and Dylan can only help the police find the bodies. Almost 11 years after Clarence was killed, a young girl is killed nearby and Dylan knows that "the drifter" is back.

I guess I have mixed feelings about this book. I loved the concept right away and the author does a great job of creating a creepy mountain town setting for this book. Dylan is a well developed character, but her friends are less so, which makes it difficult to buy into or understand Dylan's relationships. Another downside for me was that I figured out a major plot element pretty early on in the book. I felt like the author planted too many clues for the reader to put things together. I also thought the story was wrapped up much too quickly at the end and everything was a bit too neat and tidy. Despit these flaws, I still think this book is a great recommendation for teens looking for something creepy and spooky this Fall.

[Menna Ashraf · Rating 1 out of 5]

No.

[kwesi 章英狮]

I joined Halloween Read-a-Thon last 15, 16 and 17 of October and I end up reading 2 books, after all those busy schedule and get together with my parents. Now I end up reading all the entries I've entered and some books were not appropriate for Halloween, at least there are dying people all around the corner and good props for Halloween. Hehe.

What to expect. Expect more on the secrets behind Dylan's friends and of course her worst secret. At first I thought the story only runs from the Drifter (The Drifter was the one who killed those innocent children.), I mean the murder scene itself and I find it boring but I never quit. So I check the synopsis and the book cover again and I saw this words lying in the cover, Sometimes a gift can be a curse. I realized it was all about Dylan's secret. So I end up loving the book again after those boring first two chapters of the book.

The story was slow, I mean reading the book makes you slow and don't expect gore parts. It's more on her life bringing that secret and how can she overcome it. More girly conversations and nonsense parts. The reason I give it 3 stars because it gives me thrill at the last part and I can't put it down even the story is so boring and I don't recommend this book but it's up to you if you're interested reading it. If she really continue writing those boo-ish part I really give this book 2 stars, promise I'm not lying.

Characters. I warned you guys this part may be contain spoilers and I only put this because I'm confused with the characters when I started reading. I never mentioned some nonsense characters that only pops once in a chapter.

1. Dylan, she's the protagonist of the story and at first I find her character weak, maybe because of her secret and being coward. She had this vision, she can see dead kids and she started seeing them when she's still 5 years old but she keep it as a secret for herself and to her mom.

2. Mom (Maria, I'm not sure if that's her mom name.),She had a psychic ability like her daughter but weaker, she can only do numbers and she felt jealous with her sisters.

3. Pilar, her BFF and sometimes Dylan call her professor, she also had this secret but you will know it at the last part of the story and O her sister was Gracie.

4. MayBe and Thea, bestfriends and Dylan's gang. MayBe and her family owned an Organic Factory and sell it while Thea and her mom had a salon.

5. Frank, Ben (Neighbor) and Cray, Dylan's boy friends and part of there gang. Frank, boyfriend of Thea. Cray, Thea's brother and Ben, Dylan's neighbor and she sometimes called him neighbor.

6. Cate, new girl from there class and she's annoying. Especially if she asked Dylan some private questions. I wanna burn her if I saw her personally.

7. Deputy Pesquera, Dylan always went to her if she had troubles with her dreams.

8. Aunty Ruby, she appears from other chapters and she had a strong psychic power not like Dylan's mom.

9. Sheriff Dean, sheriff and something unexpected happened to him.

What really happened to Dylan. In the beginning you find the story boring and confusing since the story started with Deputy Pesquera and Dylan having a trip in Pine Mountain which they suggested to call it Paradise. They had the worst taste for naming that mountain. Dylan had visions of those kids died in her place and the Drifter killed them, yes the Drifter (They named it Drifter because they can't find tracks and foot prints of the killer and Drifter is back.) The first kid was Clarence, he is one of her classmates and the reason why she have those friends, weeping for his death. And so on. The murder happened 10 years before.

Until she met a girl, named Cate and she had this feelings that she really need to tell her secret to Cate. Her secret become burden to her friendship and her mom suggested not to tell it to anyone until it is too much to carry for her. I though she's a coward, yes she's really a coward and I find her boring and I'm in love with her sister Pilar which she had a younger sister Gracie, so next victim was Gracie. I don't like to continue it anymore. So if your asking why is it the Drifter kills those innocent children, the book can't answer you and you find it nonsense and confusing. So if you like to read mystery books don't dare to read it.

The last 4 chapters become a page turner for me, I really fall from the story and I don't like to share the last part to stop spoiling the book. I think the best part of this story is that, the author makes the reader bored then she makes the scenes intense again and I call that Roller Coaster Ride. She also put all the intense part from the last part of the book so I find it boring and everything is boo-ish, I'm asking myself reading from chapter to chapter, why is this story flows like nothing and normal and even I can't answer that, she just waste a lot of pages to write interesting scenes.

Book Cover. I was drag to read this book because of the book cover, look at it carefully, interesting and spooky, right? I really love it, it reminds me of my favorite horror movie, The Eye. Now I'm becoming Gore and I can't wait to read her other books.


Her mom really described her sisters, mom's mom and grandmother with those garments and they looks like gypsies. Gypsies, well known of being witches but I think that's an old verses.

The Sight by Adrienne Maria Vrettos (3/5 bookmarks)

[Maram · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not exactly a chilling nor a terrifying story as it claims to be on the book, so dont go into it expecting that, but the story was a fun and quick read if you're into crime books

[Alexus · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was very confused by the way this book started. As it progressed, I liked it more and more. It was written in a mysterious type of way that left the possibility for a lot of hanging questions. You would assume that being based on a girl with the physic ability of having "sight", this book would be packed with visions and include fictitious ideas - it wasn't. Sight managed to wrap itself mostly around a boy named Clarence. There was a well-masked subtlety of a creepy tone. I think that the beginning and middle were slow, but the end all crashed down in hard realization. It was interesting to read, but it felt like a lot of the topics were only brushed up on the surface before never hearing about them again until the surprising end. With that being said, I also find that it managed to create an unspoken depth that I can't describe. Maybe it's the way the characters interact and speak about the tragedy of Clarence... The character Cate somehow annoyed me, but when you figure out her motives it makes a little more sense. I like the protagonist Dylan, but it's weird how she can't recognize the strength of her own powers. Overall, it's a good book.

[Karl · Rating 2 out of 5]

2/5

One of the few factors that I considered before buying this book solely relied on its COVER. That just about it. The warning sign of obscene language really did forced me to pick this one up. I was really pleased at that time because I'm really expecting for a hell of a read.

Then of course I was deceived.

I was expecting at least to experience the horrid style of reading that i'm used too with YA's. But this one never did it for me. Instead of wincing through the pages I got a lot of yawns. The writing style is so lethargic and juvenile for at least a horror/mystery concept.

I don't know if my reading ability is dumbing me down nowadays or I'm just not really interested in this one.

Forgive me please for not liking it. I'll give it a 2 star for a deceiving cover in my opinion. ;(

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nicely written with a good touch of mystique, drama and friendship. Vrettos entirely takes away the romantic aspect—a good choice, considering a powerful heroine doesn’t need her manly sidekick of a boyfriend. A well developed protagonist, though a bit too friendly for my liking. I guess I’m the only one who thinks ultra-friendly people basically don’t exist. You can, however, be totally down to earth. Also, am I the only one who totally missed the explanation of why the Drifter killed all those kids? I thought I’d dozed off a couple of sentences, but when I re-read those pages, I still didn’t find a solid reason.

[Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book* · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vrettos, Adrienne Maria Sight, 254 p. McElderry (Simon and Schuster), 2007.

Since a school friend was murdered during their kindergarten year, Dylan has been receiving visions - always of kidnapped children, just as they are about to die. Now 15, Dylan has been secretly helping the police. A new girl in town seems set on getting close to Dylan and shaking up her friendships. And, unfortunately, it looks as though The Drifter, the name the town gave to the original murderer, may be back in town. Dylan needs to confide in someone and the time has come for her to embrace her powers.

This powerful, intense book will fly off the shelf, but be aware that there are a dozen-ish swear words (including one "f"). Fans of Haddix will adore this.

MS - ESSENTIAL
http://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2007/...

[Gina Clabo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the style writing this book has, it's slow but yet beautifully told and the thriller part of it was awesome one of the most unique books I've read in a while..Enjoyed...Characters were average but all had their qualities to the book...Recommend to all who likes a good thriller and short read..Gina Clabo

[Tornado Thoughts · Rating 3 out of 5]

the idea of the book is new and good but i was confused at the first 150 page i didn't expect it to be that normal i was waiting for more action

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

The characters felt realistic considering all the things happening around them.

[Ingy · Rating 2 out of 5]

so boring, so fucking boring.

[Belle Meade School]

F Vre

[Alya Abdalla · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5⭐️

[Mr Muesli · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got conned. Sort of. I am a complete sucker for book sales, with the whole "50% OFF ALL ITEMS" or "$5.99 EACH". I was heading back to my home country in a few hours, and with a cheap budget flight, I ought to buy some personal inflight entertainment.
Imagine me finding this book for $7, with such exciting premise, smooth pages that bristles under my thumb, and wrapped in a pretty cover. Well, not so pretty. Mine looked like this:





The back cover said:


The Drifter took Clarence. And then disappeared. They said he wasn't ever coming back.
But the first snow's coming...
And he's coming too.
Drifter, Drifter's coming for you.



There's also the warning: DON'T READ THIS AT HOME ON YOUR OWN.


IT LOOKED F**KING SCARY. The creepy trees on the back reminds me of Slender Man. For those who don't know who Slender Man is, he's basically a monster/ghost in a suit that has long limbs that looked like trees. He usually stalks, abducts and kill people. My imagination is filled with the Drifter as a horrible monster as I walked to checkout.





Fine, I have high expectations of this book featuring Slender Man or some kind of monster that abducts people. Turns out, SIGHT is not about ghosts or monsters at all. (which is pretty disappointing. I'm in the mood for horror stories) It's this mystery/thriller/detective book with a twist of the main protagonist having this psychic abilities that can help solves crimes. The premise is quite similar to Clarity.

Despite this, Sight is a pretty entertaining read. Sure, the cover is not so appropriate for a detective book, but it still kept me awake at night to finish this. And let me tell you, there are some parts of this book that I liked, but some parts are quite tedious. My other complain is how the opening chapter of this book is so, so, so boring and strange that I did not eve know what the hell is happening.

So yeah. I would recommend this to people, if they're up for some detective stories. But I'm still hoping for Slender Man to appear.

[Arielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was definitely not what I was expecting. The cover was the reason I bought the book in the first place. It has a cool picture of an eye, that is a very cool color, and its white. I’m sure you see the picture some where on this review. So that is the reason I bought it, I didn’t read the synopsis or even have it recommended by a friend, which was probably a good thing. It wasn’t a bad book at all, hence the B- rating, it was just very different.

This story involves a girl, Dylan, who is fifteen and psychic. She has visions of young children being kidnapped, hurt by people and then left to die in some remote place. The visions are haunting and they come at her at the most random times. Her first vision was when she was five, and they haven’t gotten better since. Her mom is the only one that knows of her “problem”. Her father left her and her mother after he found out she was psychic, he didn’t want to deal with it, and that hurt Dylan.

When Cate arrives in her small town, Dylan and her become friends quickly. And Dylan tells Cate her dark secret. Cate is automatically intrigued and wants to learn more, but Dylan is less enthusiastic about it and wishes she had never told Cate. Her relationships with her other friends is falling and she doesn’t know who to turn to when she needs help the most.

Dylan may not have been able to save the kids she has had visions about over the last ten years, but this time, when it happens to her best friends little sister, she is determined to find a way to save her.

This is a pretty scary book, mostly because child abductions and kidnapping happen ever day without anyone knowing, and they are usually done by those who you would never suspect. This is an interesting book, and a fairly quick read.

[Brandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Do you ever wish you had a special psychic ability? What if it came at an unbearable cost? Dylan never asked to be different. She didn’t want this “special gift.” She certainly didn’t want the gift to start when she was six years old. Dylan’s gift is seeing abducted children and knowing exactly where they can be found. The problem is, she can only see them after they have died.

Dylan realized her gift for the first time when she was six years old. One of her classmates never came to class. Since Clarence had a tendency to get lost on the way to class, everyone was sent out in the school to find him. That’s when Dylan had her first vision. She knew where to find Clarence, but she also knew it was too late. Now, nine years later, Dylan is still getting horrific visions of murdered children without ever seeing the person behind the crime and now it’s come back home. When another local kid goes missing, Dylan knows it’s up to her to find the abductor before it’s too late. No one in her small mountain town knows her secret except her mom and the local deputy.

Dylan’s life makes another change when Cate moves to town. Cate clings to Dylan immediately. Dylan starts to shy away from her old friends and spend all of her time with Cate. She even lets Cate in on her big secret and Cate tries to help Dylan solve the crime. As it turns out, Dylan isn’t the only one keeping secrets.

Sight is more than just a disturbing tale of murder and criminal forensics. Dylan, despite her supernatural gifts, is easy to relate to and keeps you in her corner throughout the book. Vrettos throws in twists that keep the story moving at such a fast pace that you don’t have time to recover from one surprise before another is tossed your way.

[Beth Dewey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not a teen but believe that this books is nicely written to teens. Vrettos seems to have her head in their mind sets. We can't explain why young people keep important secrets; family dynamics and secrets, worries about what other may think, fear of losing friendships etc. We adults know that teens hold many fears that we don't understand and often dismiss their validity when we should not. Adults often try to shield young people from awful things that happen. Unfortunately, we later learn that "inquiring minds want to know" and that young kids will either figure it out or make their own sense of it. In this story, the teens cling together in the horror through their high school years about an event that happened in kindergarten.

The central character sees the "new girl" as vehicle to unload her secret "gift" on but isn't really ready to dish it all. Her "gift" is still largely a mystery to even her as she continues to try to figure out it's extent.

A little too much character development took place and made the story lag in the middle. I wish the author had not reaveled so much at one time in the end which, by the way, I never saw coming. . .any of it. Many well rated books that I have read play out my predictions and this book does not. Ms Vrettos is a very talented writer. I was most of the way thorugh this book this morning at 2;30 a.m. and kept falling asleep. I turned out the light and decided to sleep only I couldn't get it out of my mind. I finally turned the light back on and finished the book and hour later.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a much much better sort-of version of "The Bodyfinder", and this one came out 2007, which "The Bodyfinder" comes out 2010. Hmm. Anyway, so much more interesting as far as the main character's focus on her ability to 'see' when a child has died. She can see details of where they are, clothing, etc., and only her mom and the sheriff know about it. She has a close-knit group of friend in her 11th grade class who know nothing about it, but in the small mountain town they live, there have been several unsolved murders of children in and around the town, affecting them all.

This is ultimately a book about friendship and it's strength to hold in the face of unpleasant truths, and a girl's ability to get visions of a murdered child (which is more of a completely unfair weight for a teenager to deal with amid high school life). But Dylan has come to terms with her 'gift' from the first time she told the exact whereabouts of her kindergarten peer, Clarence, when she was five years old.

If you have an interest in this kind of thing, or if you've read "The Bodyfinder" or like that description, definitely check this one out. I thought it SO much better than "The Bodyfinder", perhaps because the mucky romance "boy-save-the-day" thing doesn't enter the picture. Dylan is a strong leading female character and the strength of her friendships and relationship with her mother are paramount to everything.

[Alessandre · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book didn't feel real. Most of the stuff that happened just made me go, "Huh?". At the beginning, I was pulled in. In the middle, it was really slow. Around the end, I was being bombarded with "wtf" moments. A lot of things happened that just didn't make sense, weren't explained enough to make sense, or were just really out of place. There were too many of those moments. It's okay (GREAT) to have things that surprise readers, but you have to EXPLAIN THEM. You have to make sure that they even have a place in your novel! That they're not just random things being thrown in to try and make things too interesting. I feel overloaded and can't even describe what I'm thinking.
The characters didn't feel real, either. Dylan did, at the beginning, and her friends, too, but then they just fell flat, and when they introduced a new character, she felt like nothing (until the end, which just... I don't know).
It might be that it's midnight and I didn't get enough sleep last night, or it might be that this book confused the shit out of me, but I really can't describe how I feel past that, or saying "AGH;ALKKLLSAKDFSJ;FDSA;DJFKASDLF BLAH."

[Erin Forson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fifteen-year-old Dylan is not like her friends, even though they have all grown up in the same small town on Pine Mountain. Since she was six years old she has had gruesome visions of murdered or kidnapped children, starting with the murder of a kindergarten classmate named Clarence. Only her mother and Officer Pesquera know her secret, and she helps the local police department find the bodies of the children. But her soul is heavy because she only finds the children when it's too late. How can she use her visions to save the children? When a new girl moves to town, Dylan's vision become more intense, and her friends begin to grow distant. It seems impossible to keep her secret any longer but how can she possibly tell and risk losing everyone she loves? The tone of this novel is "Poesque" or, in my opinion very dark and creepy. There is a double twist at the end, and I must admit that I had no clue where this was going. If you want an unsolvable whodunit with dark overtones, this one's for you.

[Gillian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I, surprisingly, enjoyed this book very much. At first it was very slow-paced, getting into the problem and talking about things you didn't know about at all. After about 100 pages things start to get good and very interesting, so DON'T GIVE UP!! Although this book did confuse me quite a bit, with all the times it jumps from one topic to the other, I did end up really liking it. I feel like the author could have developed certain characters more and gone a little slower with certain things. However despite all those things, this story ended up being quite intriguing and very good. I loved the ending SO MUCH!! Everything fit together so well! So even though this book might deserve 3-3.5 stars (even though they don't have .5's in the star ratings, which they seriously should think about doing!! But any way,) I'm giving it 4 stars because I ended up enjoying and loving the story a lot. In other words, I highly suggest reading this book and trying your hardest to get past the first one hundred pages before putting it down. I know it might be boring at first but it's totally worth it!

[Jennifer Wardrip · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reviewed by Kelly for TeensReadToo.com

Imagine that you could see things before they actually happened. But not only did it hurt you to see them, but the image itself was of some innocent kid dying.

This is what happens in SIGHT. Fifteen-year-old Dylan has been battling with these visions since she was little, and not even her best friend, Pilar, knew about it.

When Dylan was younger, a boy named Clarence was abducted and killed, and she had seen the vision. Now, that same killer is back in town, and he is killing more innocent children -- and Dylan sees it all.

Dylan has a vision of Pilar's little sister being killed. In a race against time against this killer, will Dylan be able to save Pilar's sister's life? Will she be able to tell Pilar about her secret power?

This book is a very gripping read with many unexpected twists and turns. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys stories that are real page-turners.

[Christina Getrost · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent pageturner about a high school girl who has The Sight: she sees visions of children in jeopardy, but only after they've died. She works with the deputy sheriff to try to find the kids' bodies, but reluctantly, because it's very harrowing for her. It first started back in kindergarten when one of her classmates went missing, and she saw a vision of him dead. She has very closeknit relationships with her 3 best friends, who do not know her secret, but then a new girl comes to school and begins to find her way into their inner circle, upsetting their longstanding friendships. Things start to get very suspenseful when she sees another little kid in a vision--but this one may still be alive! I don't normally like dark psychological suspense stories, but this one kept me interested and not too grossed out, it was fascinating, and I couldn't stop reading.

[Marya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Think Medium, but without the main character being a huge ball of estrogen.

Dylan can see dead kids when she closes her eyes (and thankfully, her friends have all seen that movie and make the obvious joke when the time comes). But when a new girl at school arrives, Dylan finds herself challenged to see the limits of her abilities.

There is a mystery in here, revolving around a serial killer of small children, but the main story is about Dylan's self discovery. Best line of the book: When Dylan is talking about the friends she's had since kindergarten, she says "But what's so great about being one of us, anyway? I mean, don't you think it's weird that the thing that makes us all such great friends is a murder that happened eleven years ago? I don't even know i we all like each other anymore."

[Mary · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fifteen year old Dylan has psychic visions of the last minutes of abducted children's lives. She uses this secret power, which began when a kindergarten classmate went missing, to help local law enforcement find the kid's bodies. When Dylan tells new girl Cate her secret, Cate seems to develop an unhealthy interest in the missing children.
This book was not as good as I thought it was going to be. I liked the author's previous title (Skin) much more. The characters seem constantly overwrought emotionally - much more so than typical teens - the boys in the class are involved in some mystery that never really ties in with the main story, there's a storyline about the name of the town that comes and goes, it all seemed a bit piecemeal. The concept was really good, and the ending was surprisingly attention grabbing - but overall, I felt it wasn't great.

[Miranda Heath · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing novel that tells of a girl who is disturbed occasionally by visions of cruelly dead or dying young children. Graphic tale of one girls journey through the secrecy of adolescence.
Dylan is struck by a vision for the first time in kindergarten. But when her best friend's sister goes missing,she must strive to do what she's never had the courage for before. She must find a living child. The Drifter has come back, and the song from Dylan's childhood is a clue. She befriends a new girl in town, but does that girl have a secret too?
Dylan tosses and turns in the middle of the night. In her nightmares, she is desperately trying to turn around and see the face of the Drifter. But her efforts are useless. Her tossing awakes her every night. When she finally turns around, she recognizes the face. But she can't place it. Will she figure it out before Grace is gone forever?

[Amy Dreger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dylan has inherited psychic powers from her mother's side of the family and is able to see crimes against children and assist police in solving the crimes. She keeps her secret hidden; only her mother and the sheriff's deputy know what she is capable of doing. As a string of brutal attack on children inflict her small mountain town, Dylan is forced to let her secret be exposed to her friends and a new girl who has a secret of her own and a connection to Dylan's town that no one ever felt possible.

I liked this book overall. I thought the character development was quite good and I found Dylan's powers to be facinating. I was not thrilled with the ending, however. I felt like the climax came late and then that was it. I would have given it 3.5 stars if that were an option as I don't think it quite hits the four star mark, but, overall, a good read.

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dylan can see abused, tortured, and murdered children. She tries to hide her gift from most people, although Dylan does share her gift with the police.

Dylan first had a vision when she was 5, of another 5-year old Clarence. Clarence was found abused and murdered. Since that time, Dylan and her classmates have had a unique bond. None of them know her secret, but the circumstances of Clarence's death have created a bond none of them ignore.

Cate is a new student and feels left out from all the things that have brought Dylan and her friends together. Dylan finally shares her secret, but things start to change. And the Drifter, the man who killed Clarence, returns.

A fantastic book, Dylan's voices and experiences are real, heart-felt, and genuine. You figure out who the Drifter is, but only towards the end. If you've read Lois Duncan, you'll enjoy this story!