Sight

Kearsten says: I quite liked this one, despite it being a little short for my tastes. Dylan is a very sympathetic character - she's got a horrible "talent" for being able to 'see' the last things a murdered child sees before death, and therefore is able to lead police to find their missing bodies (and to possible clues to solving the murder). She's still understandably haunted by the first murder she saw: the death of a kindergarten classmate, whose murderer was never found. When another child is murdered and both clues and hints in Dylan's vision suggest that first murderer, dubbed the Drifter by her small town, has returned, Dylan's determination to keep her ability secret from everyone gets shakier as her nerves become more and more show more frayed by the fear taking over the town.

Dylan's struggle with keeping her secret, plus the somewhat overwhelming attention from the new girl in her class all combine to twist Dylan into a jumble of nerves, and she and her best friend's relationship becomes strained to breaking with the secrets kept from each other.

The identity of the murderer and the twists it reveals are a bit unbelievable, but the sparseness of Vrettos' writing is quite wonderful. It feels stark and desperate, conveying Dylan's feelings very well. show less

I quite liked this one, despite it being a little short for my tastes. Dylan is a very sympathetic character - she's got a horrible "talent" for being able to 'see' the last things a murdered child sees before death, and therefore is able to lead police to find their missing bodies (and to possible clues to solving the murder). She's still understandably haunted by the first murder she saw: the death of a kindergarten classmate, whose murderer was never found. When another child is murdered and both clues and hints in Dylan's vision suggest that that first murderer, dubbed the Drifter by her small town, Dylan's determination to keep her ability secret from her best friends gets shakier as her nerves become more and more frayed by the show more fear taking over the town.

Dylan's struggle with keeping her secret, plus the somewhat overwhelming attention from the new girl in her class all combine to twist Dylan into a jumble of nerves, and she and her best friend's relationship becomes strained with the secrets kept from each other.

The identity of the murderer and the twists it reveals are a bit unbelievable, but the sparseness of Vrettos' writing is quite wonderful. It feels stark and desperate, conveying Dylan's feelings very well.

Recommended. show less

Sight is an interesting story and good for children who like suspense with a little bit of horror. There is nothing gory or gross in this book, but explores the creepy side of a homicide in your own hometown. Deals with main character, Dylan and her friends Pilar, MayBe, and . These friends have had to grow up with the fear that the Drifter is going to return to their town after killing their classmate, Clarence. New girl, Cate, shows up in town and is immediately interested in their lives and the information on Clarence. This book will keep the kids reading, anxious to find out Cate's real interest and who the Drifter really is.

I really like this book. The main Character in this book deals with a lot of stuff in this book. She is a physic and she has to deal with the guilt of lying to her best friends. She is definitely dynamic character. She changes a lot, at the end she tells her friends about her power and that took a lot of gut that she thought she never had. I also like the fact that She doesn't just see the future she sees Kids that have been kidnapped.

Not a bad book! It was a really quick read and I liked the characters and their relationships with each other. It was really obvious who the killer was, but other than that this book was great.

Well written with an interesting premise

Reviewed by Kelly for TeensReadToo.com

Imagine that you could see things before they actually happened. But not only did it hurt you to see them, but the image itself was of some innocent kid dying.

This is what happens in SIGHT. Fifteen-year-old Dylan has been battling with these visions since she was little, and not even her best friend, Pilar, knew about it.

When Dylan was younger, a boy named Clarence was abducted and killed, and she had seen the vision. Now, that same killer is back in town, and he is killing more innocent children -- and Dylan sees it all.

Dylan has a vision of Pilar's little sister being killed. In a race against time against this killer, will Dylan be able to save Pilar's sister's life? Will she be able to tell show more Pilar about her secret power?

This book is a very gripping read with many unexpected twists and turns. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys stories that are real page-turners. show less