Footprints in the Sand

Back-2-Back #1

by Chloë Rayban

The first of two exciting titles in the new BACK-2-BACK series. Told with an authentic teenage voice, these stories really hit the right note. Miranda’s story – she’s an only child on holiday with her recently-divorced mother, hoping to get away from it all, but finding herself on a grotty Greek island in the worst hotel ever, where even the Coke is warm! Life is miserable, until she spots a dream-on-a-windsurf, zig-zagging across the bay… Mark’s story – he’s backpacking with a couple of mates and they wind up on a remote Greek island, but some hippies rip off their money and passports. His mates depart but Mark decides to make the most of a bad job – after all, if he works at the taverna he’ll get an hour off every day to windsurf – his passion. He’s noticed the snooty babe in the hotel, so why does she think she’s so great? Can love transform the ugliest of places…?

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Pseudonym of Carolyn Bear

Reviews

[Linnéa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hittade boken i skolbiblioteket och tyckte att back2back konceptet var så spännande att jag var tvungen att läsa boken. Historien i sig var inte jättespännande men jag tror att historien blir helt olika beroende på vilkens historia man upplever först. Jag började med Bens och det fick Lucy att verka bortskämd och dryg. Börjar man med Lucys sida tror jag att man skulle känna mycket mindre sympati för Ben.

Allt som allt, en bra bok. Men jag kommer inte läsa nästa i serien.

[DubaiReader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Light-weight teen read.

This was a light-weight teen read, perfect for the beach. It would have been just that but it was lifted by the novel idea of having Lucy's view of the situation reading from one end of the book and Ben's side from the other.
As it would probably be read mainly by girls, then I'd imagine most people would start from Lucy's point of view, as I did. It might be interesting to do that in reverse.

Lucy has agreed to go on holiday with her Mum to distract her from the fact that her ex-husband is getting re-married that Saturday. They wind up on the small Greek island of Lexos, not at all Lucy's idea of a swinging holiday. Until, that is, the handsome windsurfing Ben comes along. Ben had been backpacking with some mates until his belongings were stolen and he decided to work for his keep rather than returning home with his friends.
...And the rest is history!

A bit dated now (1999), no mobile phones, for instance, but an easy holiday read.

[Ds · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this when I was 11-12 I think..or maybe even younger. I remember loving it as a child cause it was very light (compared to what I usually read) and told two different point of views (his and hers) and I really liked that.