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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Definitely a YA book, but well done. ( ) Although Catching the Light, has been on prize lists in the "children's book" category, I read it as an easy-reading adult book, and I think the labelling as middle-grade reading may be unfortunate. Artistic Cathy is growing up a loner in small-town Newfoundland, while classmate Hutch is the golden boy who can do no wrong. Their paths intersect casually in childhood and in a more meaningful way as they reach adulthood. Recommended. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: This was the line between here and there. No landwash, no vague intertidal zone, no undecided. She stood at the edge, a mass of instincts and yearnings and despair, while the dawn painted itself in around her, shade by delicate shade. The kids call her Lighthouse: no lights on up there. In a small town, everyone knows when you can't read. But Cathy is just distracted by the light and lines and artistry of everyday life. She is a talented artist growing up in tiny Mariners Cove and yearns for acceptance. She dreams of enrolling in art school, but getting there will be a struggle. Hutch Parsons is everything Cathy is not: charismatic, popular, smart. Overflowing with energy, he is confident in his plans for the future. But one icy evening his world is upended and those plans are swept away. Now he must face a different life and his own struggle. Dancing between points of view, Catching the Light explores the ordinary lives of two extraordinary people. With gorgeously lyrical language and a strong sense of place, this tender novel announces a bright new voice in Atlantic fiction. .No library descriptions found. |
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