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School Library Journal
Starred Review on February 1, 2011
Gr 9 Up—Blink and Caution are two teenage runaways in Toronto. Blink is getting by day to day by stealing breakfast leftovers from room-service trays in a fancy hotel when he accidentally observes a faked kidnapping of a wealthy CEO. Caution is on the run from an abusive and possessive drug-dealer boyfriend when she meets Blink. She falls in with him at first because she thinks he will be an easy mark, but finds herself stran...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2011
"It's as if you always knew something like this would happen to you one day…You'd stumble on to something, and instead of running away from it, you'd pick it up and run with it, follow it to the end." While lurking in a Toronto hotel hallway, hunting for room-service remains to eat for breakfast, a street kid who calls himself Blink happens upon a high-profile kidnapping in progress—or is it a fake kidnapping in ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Street kid Blink happens upon a high-profile kidnapping in progress--or is it a fake? Blink's story, told in compelling second-pers...Log In or Sign Up to Read More