The Lifeguard
by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Taste attributes: teenthrillermysteryfastlinearenclosedrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemscoming of age
Boxlist takeA fast-moving, intimate book, otherwise balanced. Best if you like pace over patience.
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Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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About This Book
Kelsey's summer should have been paradise: An invitation to rich and famous Beverly Island, complete with sun-drenched beaches and three gorgeous lifeguards on duty. But Kelsy's summer is the opposite of paradise. It starts with the note under her pillow from a girl who's missing. Then there's the crazy man in the lighthouse who won't leave Kelsey alone. And there have been a number of suspicious drownings ...
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- Author
- Richie Tankersley Cusick
- Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 213
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- Source
- Open Library
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