But she's not mature enough to handle the advanced sex, language, and social issues that the book might contain. She's mature enough to handle the advanced reading level. Yesterday at the bookstore, my middle-school-aged daughter chose a book meant to be read by a high-school-aged person. Lucas was the witness to his mother’s attack and murder – described by one character to another but not shown on screen. These scenes a not graphic or explicit but are very sensuously described with no ambiguity as to what is happening. Jacqueline and Lucas begin a very physical relationship that culminates in sex by the end of the book. She is later attacked again in the stairway of her dorm, but she is able to stop the assault herself. Potential Points of Concern: Jacqueline is nearly raped after a party. Meanwhile, the boy who nearly raped Jacqueline is still bothering her, and she isn’t his only victim.

She looks into his past and finds that Lucas witnessed the attack and murder of his mother, a tragedy that haunts him constantly.

As the two become closer and their relationship gets more physical, Jacqueline is confused when Lucas seems reluctant to take it to the next level. But Lucas has another secret – he is also Jacqueline’s on-line tutor, and any relationship they have is strictly off limits due to her status as a student. Before long, Jacqueline finds herself falling for Lucas, a guy who seems to be hiding a painful past.

Thankfully, a guy she’s never met before stops the attack. Depressed, she attends a party with her roommate and is sexually assaulted when she goes to her parked car. Social Issues: rape and sexual assault, self-identity, breaking up with significant other, self-defense, overcoming tragedyĪfter high school, Jacqueline followed her boyfriend to college only to have him dump her at the beginning of their sophomore year. Violence: main character is assaulted and nearly raped, several fights between male characters, attack and murder of a parent although not described Sex: yes – sensual (not explicit) descriptions of sex, characters are not virgins, one character is nearly raped Language: some profanity, use of the “f” word Age and Grade of Main Character(s): Sophomore in college

Easy book by tammara webber