Skin Deep
by:
Laura Jarratt (author)
Ugly people don't have feelings. They're not like everyone else. They don't notice if you stare at them and turn away. And if they did notice, it wouldn't hurt them. They're not like real people. Or that's what I used to think. Before I learned...After the car crash that leaves her best friend...
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Ugly people don't have feelings. They're not like everyone else. They don't notice if you stare at them and turn away. And if they did notice, it wouldn't hurt them. They're not like real people. Or that's what I used to think. Before I learned...After the car crash that leaves her best friend dead, Jenna is permanently scarred. She struggles to rebuild her life, but every stare in the street, every time she looks in the mirror, makes her want to retreat further from the world. Until she meets Ryan. Ryan's a traveller. When he and his mother moor their narrow boat on the outskirts of a village, she tells him this time it will be different. He doesn't believe her; he can't imagine why this place shouldn't be as unwelcoming as the rest. Until he meets Jenna. But as Jenna and Ryan grow closer, repercussions from the crash continue to reverberate through the community. And then a body is found...
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Format: papier
Publish date: 5 marca 2012
Publisher: Electric Monkey
Pages no: 377
Edition language: English
Me ha gustado mucho la protagonista, con todas las inseguridades que la acompañan, y también el papel que desempeña Ryan en toda la historia. Eso sí, la parte del final es un "me saco de la manga lo primero que pillo" impresionante, si no hubiera sido por ese pequeño detalle, creo que me hubiera gus...
This book was so cute. I love stories about beauty within.Jenna was in a major car crash. Two of her friends were killed, and she is left with nasty scars on her face.Jenna is so brave for dealing with that; having everyone stare at her everywhere she goes.Along comes Ryan who falls for Jenna's pers...
*Jenna ist 14, als sie bei einem Autounfall ihre Freundin Lindsay verliert und selbst schwerste Gesichtsverbrennungen erleidet. Von heute auf morgen ist sie eine Außenseiterin, die in der Schule und auf der Straße angestarrt wird. Auch der junge Ryan, der mit seiner Mutter von Stadt zu Stadt zieht, ...
"Und plötzlich ist nichts, wie es war. Jenna ist 14, als sie bei einem Autounfall ihre Freundin Lindsay verliert und selbst schwerste Gesichtsverbrennungen erleidet. Von heute auf morgen ist sie eine Außenseiterin, die in der Schule und auf der Straße angestarrt wird. Auch der junge Ryan, der mit se...
Skin Deep is a good YA debut novel that deals with loss, love, and acceptance. That said, it's not really a heavy book which the characters doesn't dwell too much on what's going on with their lives rather seeing it as it is. This book is told from both Jenna and Ryan's POV and I can say I was impre...