A review by devon_o_mon
Lucas by Kevin Brooks

3.0

I read this book when I was younger and I still think about it to this day. It’s about a young girl, who lost her mother when she and she now lives with her alcoholic father (who is a writer) and her dog (which is really her only friend) Her brother is away at college (he does show up though) They live on a small island and her and her family do not really fit in. When she sees Lucas she knows that life is about to change. Lucas becomes her friend and everyone around the island judges him for his way of life and she has to stand her her ground against the town she grew up in just to learn from his interesting stranger. Lucas spends him time making not only Caitlin but the reader thing. This book is very interesting and powerful. My only issue is the ending. I hated it so much the first time I read it, but when I read it as an adult it was inevitable. The perfect ending for this story.