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Loading... When Jeff Comes Homeby Catherine Atkins
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  MsZellner | May 8, 2009 |  A kidnapped boy returns home and must readjust to normal life and deal with what has happened to him. shea_5 | Sep 12, 2008 | 3 years after he was kidnapped at a rest stop Jeff is coming home. Now he faces questions he doesn't want to answer, and face who he was as well as who he has become. (  ) Mtnpersei | Jun 23, 2008 | Harrowing, hard-to-read topic, but one of those books you can't tear yourself away from. Author evokes a strong connectedness with the main character, Jeff. (  ) jtrovato | Jun 5, 2008 | 13-year-old Jeff was kidnapped from a roadside rest stop, and spent two and a half years locked in a dark basement. He was physically and sexually abused and forced to have sex with Ray if he wanted to eat. (  ) TonySandel | Sep 16, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0399233660, Hardcover)Jeff Hart was thirteen when a man kidnapped him at knife point. Now he's sixteen and back with his family. But how can he adjust to the "normal" life of a California teenager? What will it be like to see his old friends, even to go back to school, when everyone is wondering exactly what happened to him? What does his family, and especially his father, think about the relationship he developed with his kidnapper? And how can Jeff live with himself after all he has been through?This powerful and unsettling novel explores the mind of a boy struggling to come to terms with who he was, and who he is now, after an experience that has changed his life. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:17 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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4 The book was good.
I would say, definitely. This book is good for just a fun read or for a project. It's got twists and it's very interesting. You always think about what might happen next! I do recommend this book to anyone who considers reading it. (