Friday, June 14, 2013

What We Saw at Night by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Name: Naorin Hossain Grade Level: 11
Title & Author: What We Saw at Night by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Impression: Good
Recommend: Yes

Favorite Part: My favorite part is when Allie first catches a glimpse of the possible murder in the apartment because that instigates all the action and crime in the book.
Favorite Character: My favorite character was Juliet because she is such a mysterious character. I love the motto she lives by: Everybody dies but not everybody really lives. She lives on the edge of danger but there is a lot she keeps hidden inside of her that leads her to cross the line with danger.
Summary: Allie, Rob, and Juliet suffer from XP - a skin disease that prevents them from going out in the sun. Basically, they are children of the night. One day while enjoying their new hobby - parkour - Allie sees what appears to be a murder through a window. When she goes to the police about this, they don't find anything and she is almost killed in an accident by the man she thinks is the murderer. So begins the fight to save herself and her best friend Juliet who appears to have mysterious ties to this man.