Touched
Nick Cross always listens to the voice in his head. Because if he doesn't? Things can go really, really wrong. Like the day he decided to go off script and saved a girl from being run over . . . and let another one drown. Trying to change the future doesn't work.But this summer at the Jersey...
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Nick Cross always listens to the voice in his head. Because if he doesn't? Things can go really, really wrong. Like the day he decided to go off script and saved a girl from being run over . . . and let another one drown. Trying to change the future doesn't work.But this summer at the Jersey Shore, something's about to happen that Nick never could have predicted. He meets a girl named Taryn and finds out about the Book of Touch. Now the path that he thought he was on begins to shift . . . and there's no way to stop things from happening. Or is there? In a life where there are no surprises, nothing has prepared Nick for what he's about to discover--or the choice he will be forced to make. . . .
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385740326 (0385740328)
ASIN: 385740328
Publish date: August 14th 2012
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
I definitely found Touched to be a novel that was just fun to read. It was fun for a number of reasons, but before I even began to read it I of course read the synopsis (or description, whichever you may prefer). If there’s one thing that stuck out like a sore thumb in my teenage mind, it was the ...
This book was really interesting. I really enjoyed it. It's nice to have something that is different in YA and though the idea of having powers is not new the way that it's gone about is. I loved the different powers and how they are acquired. Some of them seemed pretty scary, and some of them also ...
See full review here!3.5 starsI really liked this one. It kept me guessing until the very end. And there were times where I was really shocked and needed to keep reading. But I still thought the end was slightly weak. The last few paragraphs started to wrap it up way too quickly. I don't ever want a...
As much as I love this author, I could not get into the book. I did managed to finished it, with the ending getting much better.I had a hard time getting into the book cause of the confusing beginning. There was too much going on with out much explanation. I had to continuously flipped back pages an...
My initial attraction to Touched's promising concept wasn't enough to sustain my interest through a detached narrative, an insta-love romance and a jerky plot.Nick's decision to stay from the script and Emma's subsequent drowning played too strong a role in his inner torment. Had it been presented i...