| Sky High Contributor(s): Falconer, Helen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0892553049 ISBN-13: 9780892553044 Publisher: Persea Books OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2003 Annotation: A racy second novel about a London teenager's affair with his high school English teacher and other taboo activities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003053605 |
| Series: Karen and Michael Braziller Books |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.38" W x 8.16" (0.60 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' rollLondon stylein a racy second novel about a teenager's taboo extracurricular activities. Disenchanted pretty-boy Ferdia is having a hell of a time. His dad has run off with an embarrassing pop star and his mom is shacked up with a local hooligan half her age. Meanwhile, gangs at school want to beat him to a pulp, and he feels increasingly detached from Matt (his pissed-at-the-world best friend) and their post-punk, Tower block rock band, Boybits (f.k.a. Coked-up Badgers). So when sexy Cassandra, the young, new English teacher, takes a very pointed interest in his music and wellbeing, Ferdia is thrilled, not to mention smitten. However, this is no ordinary schoolboy crushthe two can't get enough of each other. Ferdia's on cloud nine...until, on a dime, the line between lust and obsession proves razor thin, and a series of mind-blowing eventsplus a shocking discovery about Cassandra's pastpush him to the brink. Erotic, provocative, and gripping, Sky High has an intensity and pace that will leave readers breathless. |