Prey

by Lurlene McDaniel

Book Overview

A teacher is supposed to impart a love of learning and a thirst for knowledge. It's a bit different with Ms. Lori Settles. All the kids are talking about how hot she is-and she is especially... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385734530
• ISBN13: 9780385734530
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

It was ok

It was good. It started off slow and then seemed like everything happened all at once. It was pretty good but not the best I’ve read. It was interesting to read a story of that nature from the male POV though

My daughter loves this book. I had tried all the stores and thrift stores in the area we live in Canada and just couldn't find it. By chance I found this website and there it was. It took only 15 days to get the book and didn't have to pay duty. Thank you!!

She's great

Lurlene McDaniel is GREAT author. I've been reading her books since for 7 years now. I love her books.

Loved it!

My daughter loves all L. McDaniel books. Prey was one of the latest. She read it in one day. She loved it!

Tells of an affair between a high school student and his history teacher

Lurlene McDaniel's PREY tells of an affair between a high school student and his history teacher. Teen Ryan can't wait to get his driver's license and begin living - but he's lonely without his parents. So when new history teacher Lori begins to get close to him, an intense emotional relationship develops which will ensnare them in this moving story of romance.

The Compulsive Reader's Reviews

Prey, written by Lurlene McDaniel, who is popular for her numerous books that deal with illness, death, and their effects on relationships, is a total 180 from her normal books. Ryan, a freshmen in high school, is the class comedian, if only to cover up his insecurities about his home life. He is overwhelmed and yet ecstatic about his teacher Lori Settles's more than platonic friendship with him. But soon he can't keep up with her demands. His friend Honey knows there is something up...how long can everyone live like this? Prey was a complex and multilayered read that I am not entirely sure whether or not I enjoyed. It fascinated me on many levels, but left me frustrated many a times too. It is evident to the reader how Ryan is drawn in, and the ending left me wondering if there were another solution, and if it would have been a better one, or if there were indeed no perfect endings.

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Bestselling author Lurlene McDaniel has taken a turn from her normally heartbreaking inspirational novels to write something completely different with PREY. This time around, she tackles a once taboo subject head-on -- that of the skewed relationship between a female teacher and her young male student. Ryan Piccoli is a typical teen. He's fifteen, a freshman in high school, has a close knit group of friends that include Joel and Honey, and a fairly average student. Although his mother died when he was still a toddler, he has a father that, although gone most of the time as part of his job, still tries to connect with him as much as he can. Things are going pretty well; he's hoping for a car for Christmas for his sixteenth birthday, he's both excited and anxious to be starting high school, he's wondering if he'll get a girlfriend. And then the unthinkable happens: he meets Miss Lori Settles, the knew World History teacher. Miss Settles is an immediate hit at McAllister High School, at least with the male population (you'd probably get a different response from the females). She's young, she's gorgeous, she seems to understand teenagers, and she has the most important attribute that any normal male can ask for -- she's got a body to die for, and she dresses for school each day in a way that will show it to its best advantage. Suddenly, every guy in the building, from students to faculty, wants to find a way to spend time with Miss Settles. Only Ryan gets to spend time with her in a way that no one else would ever expect. What starts off innocently enough as a request to help his teacher move furniture soon evolves into trips to a coffee shop late at night. And when those trips then turn into visits at her apartment, Ryan figures it's only right, since they obviously are in love with each other. What follows is a sexual affair that, although high in intensity, might end up burning them both in the end. Ms. McDaniel has written a real page-turner with PREY. Once you start reading, you'll not want to stop until the last word is read. This is a book that has no clear-cut answers and, actually, has no clear sense of who has done right and who has done wrong. Pick up a copy -- you'll be glad you did. Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"