Then her best friend lies to her.
She decides that is better to be like Henry David Thoreau and live alone so no one can lie to her. She gives up on having friends.
Aaron can read anything and remember it. Anything he hears, he remembers it. He is the Quiz Masters team's captain. Then at the championships the team loses because of Aaron. He can recite facts but he cannot always understand what they mean in relation to people.
Then Audrey and Aaron find themselves at a wilderness camp in the Texas desert for the summer. As they endure trials placed upon them by their intense leader, Jare, can they look beyond themselves and their "gifts" to trust each other and even themselves again?
Audrey and Aaron take turns telling the story, alternating chapters.
*Highly recommend. (great character development)
As I read it, I wanted to fly out to the desert and witness its raw beauty that the authors describe so well.
*Borrowed from the library.
Written by a husband and wife.
I think I found a couple of typos which bothers me.
Warning/point to discuss: In the middle of the book, Audrey describes days as "heaven" or "hell".
Strategies: check for understanding, connections, inferring, character development/character traits, synthesizing
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