Playing in Traffic

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Summary: Play Along
Review: I devoured "Playing in Traffic" in one sitting. I enjoyed it just as much if not more than Gail Giles' previous release, "Dead Girls Don't Write Letters." Once again, Giles has written a novel about the relationships of teenagers and their families which is thought-provoking without being preachy.

What happens when the bad girl goes for the good boy? The girl is Skye, whose reputation has been sullied over the years in high school; the boy is Matt, who thinks he is invisible to everyone but Katy, his likeable, quirky younger sister. They attend the same high school but never speak - until she starts seeking him out.

When Skye begins leaving notes for Matt to meet her privately, he can't resist. When she demands that their relationship stay a secret, he can't protest. When her requests turn sinister, he can't pull away.

This short but sweet book is a page-turner. If you enjoy other psychological teen thrillers such as Amadine by Adele Griffin and Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser, you will want to read Playing in Traffic.

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Summary: Hmmm......
Review: I don't really know how to explain this book. Weird, of course. Mind-boggling. You remember the characters and what happens to them for months before they eventually dissipate in your busy brain.
The narrator is Matt, a shy, unnoticed, invisible guy at school. One day Skye, the goth-rebel girl of the school, comes up to him and talks to him. Matt can't believe it. Probably the most-talked about girl in the school is actualy talking to him and asking to meet him in the park in the late hours of the night. Who wouldn't be surprised?
It's all downhill from there. Not the story, but what happens. Matt's life is thrown into a weird state. Skye is fun-loving and goofy at some times, hating, emotional, etc. Matt can't figure her out, and yet through all of these times, he sticks with her, buying her stories of her family tragedies.
But soon things get over the top. I'll just let you read the book and see what happens. But I will warn you: the ending...just don't be prepared for the normal happy-go-lucky ending in most books.
That is all I will say for now.

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Summary: Shy and vulnerable, 17-year-old Matt Lathrop...
Review: Shy and vulnerable, 17-year-old Matt Lathrop, who does everything to be inconspicuous, suddenly becomes the romantic object of Skye Colby, a sensuous, multi-pierced, multi-tattooed Goth girl, only to discover that her intentions are . . . deadly. (H) (RR) Impossible to put down! And what an ending!

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Summary: Wow could not put this book down!
Review: This is the second book I have read of Giles and like the previous one this too leaves you gasping for more. Matt is a high school senior who is not one of the popular students. Barely any one notices him, except his two similar personality friends Jeremy and Ken. Then one day the school slut and goth girl Skye begins to notices him and want him as her boyfriend/lover. They both keep their affair a secret for different reasons which is eventually layed out as the book progresses. As you start in on the first few pages you get curious to Skye motives, is she setting him up for a big joke to the rest of the school in a school dance party or is it possible she may really like him. This book will have you speed reading to see what happens next. As with her last book I did not like how it ended and here she continues the trend of leaving you the reader hanging. When you read the book you will see why I have said this. With that in mind though, the characters are well written and their thoughts are truely believable that these could be teenagers we the audience know. Great read. Get ready for a banger ending.