The Watcher
A mysterious girl sits on top of the steps overlooking the beach, occasionally recording her observations in a notebook, as she watches a boy and a lifeguard and makes up heroic stories about their lives."
A mysterious girl sits on top of the steps overlooking the beach, occasionally recording her observations in a notebook, as she watches a boy and a lifeguard and makes up heroic stories about their lives."
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780689801860 (0689801866)
Publish date: May 1st 1997
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 184
Edition language: English
Margaret is a watcher. She likes to go to the beach and watch people, doesn’t say anything, just watches which starts to creep some people out as there is no words escaping from her lips, no changes in her facial expression, she just watches. Margaret does grab her pad of paper putting her thoughts...
I'd been aware of the existence of this book for some time before I actually came across a copy of it. 'The Watcher' is very well-written and perfectly executed. A mysterious, aloof girl dreams about the lives of the people she sees at the beach in a vacation town provoking others to wonder what her...
This is indeed one of those books where even while reading it for the first time, you know that you are missing out on something. So, even though I had finished reading this book long time back, but I waited for some time to read it a second time before sitting down to write this review.At a glance,...
The Watcher may be one of the thinnest books on my bookshelf, but it's one of the deepest at the same time. You'll race through it, but the end lingers with you for quite awhile. As sad as the ending is, there's something satisfying about how all the character arcs in the story wrap up.
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