High school lives in our minds as vividly at the age of 46 as it does at 16. Why? Because whether you are a teen going through these experiences for the first time, or you’re an adult reflecting on them, our teenage years are filled with new emotionally charged experiences. Experiences that are as vivid in our mind the week they happen as they are 30 years later.
Our teenage years are filled with friends who support us, others who betray us, romance, heartache, achievement, failure – they’re all part of our shared experience called high school. Although most of us get through high school successfully, it’s hard to find a book that will help teenagers see what high school is really like – the friends, dances, dating – and in this case set in a thriller. This story, told through the insecure and self-doubting voice of Lindsey, will connect with young readers dreaming of being sixteen, as well as bring everyone who has moved through these tender years back to their own coming of age. It will deliver on the unquenchable desire we all have to connect with characters we can relate to; characters that are endearing without being perfect.
Lindsey never really feels like she has close friends. She thinks that everyone else feels closer to his or her friends then she does to hers. And she knows that not all the girls in her high school are her friends. Some of the girls in her class try to undermine her while she struggles to keep her footing. We have all been challenged by girls like this, they publicly and privately engage in disrespectful behavior. Sadly some of our most vivid memories are of these difficult moments. As teens, and as adults, it can be easy to respond to these individuals in a like manner, but is that who we really are? Or who we aspire to be? It takes willpower to ignore the loud and demanding voice of an instigator. But we demonstrate strength when we show restraint. Sometimes Lindsey shows this strength, and other times her emotions get the best of her. Has that ever happened to you?
High school is a time of great highs and some disappointing lows. Heartbreak, whether caused by your heartthrob or a friend, can feel lonely and endless. But we have all been through them, and risen to see a new high. I invite you to spend some time with Lindsey and see how much you have in common with the typical tragedies and triumphs she experiences in Lindsey: Love & Intrigue.
“As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.”
Johnny Depp an American actor, film producer, and musician
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