What We Saw at Night

by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Book Overview

Allie Kim suffers from "Xeroderma Pigmentosum" a fatal allergy to sunlight that confines her and her two best friends, Rob and Juliet, to the night. When freewheeling Juliet takes up Parkour the stunt-sport of scaling and leaping from tall buildings Allie and Rob have no choice but to join her, if only to protect her. Though potentially deadly, Parkour after dark makes Allie feel truly alive, and for the first time equal to the daytimers. On a random summer night, the trio catches a glimpse of what appears to be murder and the murderer sees them, too. A game of cat-and-mouse ensues that escalates through the underground world of experimental treatment, off-the-grid sports, and forbidden love. Allie, who can never see the light of day, discovers she alone can stop a human monster."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616953411
• ISBN13: 9781616953416
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Soho Teen
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Decent but..

The story itself is pretty interesting. Three teenagers who suffer from XP (xeroderma pigmentosum) live during the night and see things they shouldn't while practicing the sport parkour. You discover some secrets and eventually an investigation occurs. It keeps your interest. Though I noticed many grammatical errors and poorly worded phrases. It was upsetting. You expect a book to be well written. There is a sequel to this novel and to be honest I am not interested in reading. I've read reviews for the second novel and apparently that are more grammatical errors. It turns me off. So, all this to say, decent book, decent read, and decent enjoyment.