Playing in Traffic

by Gail Giles

Book Overview

Skye clearly has a dangerous agenda, but how can Matt resist the mystery and drama she trails in her Goth wake? She promises a way out of his dreary existence-but at what price? Why has multi-pierced,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596430052
• ISBN13: 9781596430051
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Gripping!

I love this book. A kind of dangerous kooky girl stalks a boy who wants to be low-key and pass under the social radar at school, but she turns him on. And then her sick plan to use him unfolds in shocking pieces. I don't who but Gail Giles could write a simple book like this with so much. . . well, truth. i mean, it feels real, even though it so out there. well done!

Playing in traffic

This book is a little odd, but the ending is the best ending ever. It is so simple, it'll blow your mind away. But it is also emotional, which also blows your mind away.

Play Along

I devoured "Playing in Traffic" in one sitting. I enjoyed it just as much if not more than Gail Giles' previous release, "Dead Girls Don't Write Letters." Once again, Giles has written a novel about the relationships of teenagers and their families which is thought-provoking without being preachy. What happens when the bad girl goes for the good boy? The girl is Skye, whose reputation has been sullied over the years in high school; the boy is Matt, who thinks he is invisible to everyone but Katy, his likeable, quirky younger sister. They attend the same high school but never speak - until she starts seeking him out. When Skye begins leaving notes for Matt to meet her privately, he can't resist. When she demands that their relationship stay a secret, he can't protest. When her requests turn sinister, he can't pull away. This short but sweet book is a page-turner. If you enjoy other psychological teen thrillers such as Amadine by Adele Griffin and Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser, you will want to read Playing in Traffic.

Wow could not put this book down!

This is the second book I have read of Giles and like the previous one this too leaves you gasping for more. Matt is a high school senior who is not one of the popular students. Barely any one notices him, except his two similar personality friends Jeremy and Ken. Then one day the school slut and goth girl Skye begins to notices him and want him as her boyfriend/lover. They both keep their affair a secret for different reasons which is eventually layed out as the book progresses. As you start in on the first few pages you get curious to Skye motives, is she setting him up for a big joke to the rest of the school in a school dance party or is it possible she may really like him. This book will have you speed reading to see what happens next. As with her last book I did not like how it ended and here she continues the trend of leaving you the reader hanging. When you read the book you will see why I have said this. With that in mind though, the characters are well written and their thoughts are truely believable that these could be teenagers we the audience know. Great read. Get ready for a banger ending.

Shy and vulnerable, 17-year-old Matt Lathrop...

Shy and vulnerable, 17-year-old Matt Lathrop, who does everything to be inconspicuous, suddenly becomes the romantic object of Skye Colby, a sensuous, multi-pierced, multi-tattooed Goth girl, only to discover that her intentions are . . . deadly. (H) (RR) Impossible to put down! And what an ending!