"Liggie Taner, with an axe,
gave her step-mum forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done,
she gave her father forty-one"
Danny Bourne, 16, main character. The school in the next town burns down, that's how he meets Sigourney, that was her school, so they're bused into other towns to go to school Danny attends. She's in Dannys class, but Danny has his suspicions about her, could she be Liggie Tanner? See the thing is, Liggie Tanner escaped an asylum. Shes not been caught. And Danny sits next to her every day at school.
After an investigation that goes down at school, 'Sigourney' and Danny try to flee, because Danny is in love with Sigourney, not Liggie. Liggie was a different person. Misunderstood. Not like Sigourney.
Personally, I enjoyed this book quite a lot. It's a very easy read at 120 pages. Some of the sentences didn't quite make sense and sometimes I had to backtrack to work out what was going on. But I didn't really mind, because I really fell in love with the story line. Ken's style of writing is very straight to the point, no unnecessary adjectives here. Sometimes this is a good thing, because you want to know what happens, and other times it wasn't so great. The ending leaves a bit to be desired, but I think it was very victorious, and you genuinely felt happy for the characters. It was a real pleasure to read and I wouldn't mind seeing a sequel to this, but I don't think that's going to happen.
Time Spent Reading: 2.1 hours.
Enjoyment Rating: 10/10
Overall Rating: 7/10
Genre: Romance
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