Break the Surface #1

by Daniel Parker and Lee Miller

Book Overview

High school senior Tom Sinclair's journal chronicles events leading up to the disappearance of Alice, the only person he has confided in after moving from Vermont to Manhattan in an attempt to run... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595140018
• ISBN13: 9781595140012
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Razorbill
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

BREAK THE SURFACE is the type of book that reminds you of a car wreck--you know there's something really, really wrong that you should be looking away from, and yet you're helpless to stop yourself from gawking. From the first pages of the book, you know that there's something very, very wrong with the relationship between Tom and Alice, and yet you can't stop reading. Thomas J. Sinclair has turned himself into another person. The popular kid who had tons of friends back in Vermont is gone, replaced by Tom, the quiet, unkempt kid who doesn't answer questions unless forced to and spends his free time writing in a journal during school days at Peter Cooper School in New York City. No longer carefree and confident, we know that Tom suffered some sort of tragic incident during his junior year back in Vermont, but it's not until almost the end of the book that we learn what that tragedy was. It doesn't matter, though, because BREAK THE SURFACE is mostly about how Tom comes to be involved with Alice. Alice Brown is the "it" girl of Peter Cooper School. Former girlfriend (one of those off/on/off/on relationships) of "it" guy Carter Roy, popular, pretty, successful in all she does, she's the last person Tom wants to attract the attention of. But attract it he does, on the very first day, simply by being in her presence. From that day on, Alice spends her time alternately hanging on to Tom and seeming to push him away--and drawing her crowds of admirers with her everywhere she goes. BREAK THE SURFACE is set up to read as if it were Tom's personal journal, and it works. With every word, you feel yourself pulled deeper and deeper into Tom's world; and, through him, into Alice's world, as well. You know from the very first page that Tom Sinclair isn't the only person with issues--in fact, by the very last page, you might feel, as I do, that Alice is the person you should be scared of in this story, not Tom. Pick up a copy and read it for yourself. You won't be disappointed in the story, and like that proverbial car wreck, you'll undoubtedly also be looking for the next book in the series, Walk on Water #2 (WatchingAlice), with bated breath.

where's tom and alice

this was so sad. i love this book. this series. i hope tom finds alice. but his e-mail doesn't work. the one that you get from the site. i tihnk Gash might have done soemthing. but i don't know. i really hope he finds her. i loved these books

Help Find Alice

I'm honored to be the first to write a review on this book. It was a gripping and intoxicating page turner. I think this may be my first word for word journal that's a book. This book is a journal of a real senior named Tom Sinclair. He moved from Vermont to basically start a new life for himself and leave a bearing past behind him. He meets this girl, Alice Brown. They become friends that hide secrets from each other but they don't ask questions. It's a don't ask don't tell relationship at first. By the end of the book Alice mysteriously vanishes without a trace and Tom is stuck beating himself for not knowing what happened to Alice. This is an important book because it great, interesting, the actual truth and because Tom put his journal for the whole world to see so readers could somehow help him find Alice. He doesn't believe she's dead, he knows she's still out there alive. It's important to read this and maybe someone could actually solve the puzzle to Alice's disappearance. If you don't want to read the book or the other three(but I seriously recommend you should) in the series you could at least go to this web site Tom has put up. [...] Tom needs help to find the one person he really cares about, he's open online to any opinions or thoughts about what happened to Alice and I hope by putting up this review will help make people more aware of his story, bring some new fresh minds in the investigation, and help him find Alice Brown.