When Lightning Strikes

by Meg Cabot and Jenny Carroll

Book Overview

While walking home from school, Jessica Mastriani and her best friend get caught in an Indiana thunderstorm and Jessica gets hit by lightning, which causes her to develop an amazing talent for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689868278
• ISBN13: 9780689868276
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.1" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Absolutely Hilarious Must Read!

It was all Ruth's fault. If Ruth hadn't started crying when Jeff Day told her that they would have to bury her in a piano case, then Jessica "Jess" Mastriani would never have punched Jeff in the mouth. Then she wouldn't have been sent to Mr. Goodhart's office, where she had to endure another lecture on temper management, and she wouldn't have been assigned another week of detention. Still, detention wasn't that bad that day because she got to sit next to Rob Wilkins, a hottie who always ended up in the back row (alphabetical order) and she never would have known that he had a totally cherried out Indian motorcycle that she was just dying to ride. It was a sign of her affection for Ruth that she turned down a ride on Rob's motorcycle to walk home with her so that she wouldn't be alone. All Ruth could talk about was how he was a grit and that townies just didn't go out with grits. As if Jess even cared when Rob was so hot! Jess couldn't believe that Ruth was harping about Jess liking Rob when she left her perfectly functional car at home to try and lose weight by walking to school to pick up Jess - with a big storm on the way! The thunderstorm was on them before they knew it and so Jess & Ruth took refuge under the metal bleachers on the football field - where Jess was struck by lightning. The next morning, Jess woke up knowing the location of two kids whose pictures were on the back of the milk carton. Not just the location, but the exact address. Jess called the number on the back of the carton, gave them the info and quickly hung up. Before Jess knew it, there were reporters camped out around her house, a military base who wanted to study her, FBI agents were following her every step and one of the kids that she found had good reason to want to be lost. So when Jess had to escape from the military compound, get Sean back to his mother (who was in jail), convince Rob to date her even though she was only 16 (he was 18) and then somehow convince everyone that she didn't have this magical power she knew that it was all definitely Ruth's fault... This was an absolutely hilarious book. Jess is such an great character, very tough and never afraid to say exactly what she is thinking. I was laughing out loud through the whole book. The other characters are great, too, and you wonder if there are any normal people in Southern Indiana. Jess has a pretty cool power, but it doesn't help protect her from anything or anyone so she has to stick up for herself. The storyline was great and kept you guessing as to what Jess was going to do. If you have enjoyed any of Meg Cabot/Jenny Carroll's other books, you will love this one - a must read!

A thrilling first book in the 1-800-Where-R-You series.

Jenny Carroll, author of the thrilling Mediator series, has begun yet another intriguing new series that begins with a blast. Jess Mastriani never wanted to walk home from school that day, but she did it because of her best friend Ruth. Along the walk, she got struck by lightning -- and almost died. Even though her family was worried about her, she thought she felt fine. But every morning when she wakes up, she suddenly knows the location of missing children. Children that were never thought to be seen again -- until now. When she calls the number to give in the locations of the missing kids, 1-800-Where-R-You, her whole life begins to turn. The government is finding that Jess would be a big help to the community -- the world -- if she could use her abilities for them more regularly. But Jess isn't so sure. Her intentions were good, but the outcomes are beginning to seem dark. Jenny Carroll's intense new series was a blast to read, but I like her Mediator series a bit better. I can't wait to read the second book in this series, Code Name Cassandra.

Great Book

Jess Mastriani is a normal 16 year old girl until that day. The day that she gets hit by lightning changes her life forever. She now has psychic powers and is locating all of these kids that she sees on milk cartons. You know, the missing kids? Not only that, the FBI is after her because they want her as a test subject to find missing criminals. What more will happen to Jess?I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys The Mediator series.

Jess's life changes all casue of one bolt of lightning

Jessica isn't the most even tempered girl in the world. In fact she's conmstantly getting in trouble for beating up guys much bigger than she is. So one day when walkign home from detention with her friend Ruth she get's hit by lightning. But since she isn't affected by it right away she thinks little of it. But then she starts having dreams about the little kids on the back of the milk cartons. For some strange reason she knows where they are. So she calls the number and tells the person on the line, whose name happens to be Rosemary, where they are. And the dreams don't stop. Suddenly everyone wants to know about this strange girl named Jess who can find the children on the milk cartons. And a group of men from the military wants to put her in a special research facility. And Jess isn't too keen on that.Just like Jenny Carroll's Mediator Series, her new series 1-800-WHERE-R-U is filled with strong charecters and suspenseful plot lines. IF your a fan of her past work you'll love this series.

1-800-WHERE-R-YOU #1:When Lightning Strikes

While Jessica Mastriani is walking home from school she gets hit by lightning. At first, she doesn't even notice it, but then the next morning she wakes up and she all of a sudden knows where two kids from the milk carton are. After checking it out to see if it's true she calls 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU. The next day she knows where two more kids are just from looking at their pictures. After a few days these two federal agents come looking for her and ask her to go with them to an army base for testing. She goes there and when she finds out that they want to use her powers to find fugitives she isn't too sure she wants to. The reason she's not sure is because of Sean Patrick O'Hanahan. He was the first kid she found, and he begged her not to tell. When she finds out what happened to Sean she immediately blames herself, so when he goes missing again she decides to help him out. But the government isn't going to let her out of there that easy. This was a great book and it was really interesting how the narrator wasn't really telling us her story, but the people at the army base. This series, like The Mediator, is going to be very good.