Solitary
Travis Thrasher
Paperback, 400 pp., $14.99
David C. Cook (August 1, 2010)
In the tradition of Stephenie Meyer, Travis Thrasher takes you on a riveting journey through loneliness to fear—to belief in everything you cannot see.
Solitary by Travis Thrasher is the first in the Solitary Tales series. Chris Buckley’s life has been turned upside down by his parents’ divorce. Forced to leave his friends behind in his hometown of Chicago, he moves to Solitary, North Carolina with his mother where they live in the cabin his uncle disappeared from several months ago. In school and town, Chris is made to feel like an outsider when people glare at him and he is threatened by the school bullies. He thinks that he may have found a reason to enjoy his stay in Jocelyn Evans, but every time he gets hear her, someone threatens his life, and even she keeps pushing him away. As he explores the woods around his cabin, he stumbles upon frightening creatures, scary voices, and nothing that makes any sense at all. If only he can hold on to Jocelyn, he knows that somehow things will be all right. Thrasher just keeps getting better and better with his novels, and I think that’s he’s truly hit his stride with this haunting series. He takes every teenager’s worst nightmare of moving to a new town and feeling ostracized and ramps it up dangerously. Chris is completely believable as the average American teen: disaffected, using music to define himself and his life, cocky, and searching for love. I couldn’t put this book down once I started. It’s fast-paced and heart-breaking, frightening and sweet, all in a perfect mixture for both young adults and their parents. I can’t wait to read the sequel!
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