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ISBN 0-439-53063-6
359 pages
Ages 14 and up

by Kevin Brooks

I would have done anything to freeze the moment forever.

One unforgettable summer afternoon, Caitlin meets a boy names Lucas, and her world turns upside down. Lucas is everything Caitlin longs to be. Brave. Honest. Free. And he is also everything the people around her fear the most.

As Caitlin grapples to find her true self amidst the unforgiving ways of her small town, she is mysteriously drawn to Lucas. For this, there are consequences. When the town suddenly turns on him, Caitlin must make the most difficult choice of her life...

"An ambitious and intricately crafted tale of love and resurrection." — Publishers Weekly, starred review

"An edge-of-the-seat story that has overtones of To Kill a Mockingbird... by turns sweet, taut, and terrifying. Teens may pick this up for its sheer intensity, but once they put it down, they'll ponder its meanings."
— Booklist, starred review

About the Author-
Kevin Brooks lives in Manningtree, Essex, U.K. (officially the smallest town in England). Besides Lucas, he is the author of the critically acclaimed Martyn Pig, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, and Kissing the Rain.


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Excerpt from LUCAS
by Kevin Brooks

It was my dad's idea to write about Lucas and Angel and everything else that happened last summer. "It won't make you feel any better," he told me, "it might even make things worse for a while. But you mustn't let the sadness die inside you. You have to give it some life. You have to..."

"Let it all out?"

He smiled. "Something like that."

"I don't know, Dad," I sighed. "I'm not sure I can write a story."

"Ah, now, that's nonsense. Anyone can write a story. It's the easiest thing in the world. How else do you think I make a living out of it? All you have to do is tell the truth, tell it like it was."

"But I don't know how it was, I don't know all the details, the facts-"

"Stories aren't facts, Cait, they're not details. Stories are feelings. You've got your feelings, haven't you?"

"Too many," I said.

"Well, that's all you need." He put his hand on mine. "Cry yourself a story, love. It works. Believe me."

So that's what I did, I cried myself a story.

And this is it.

— Caitlin McCann

From Lucas, text copyright © 2003 by Kevin Brooks.

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