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Cold Skin (Hardcover)

by Steven Herrick (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 279 pages
  • Publisher: Front Street (April 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 159078572X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1590785720
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, 10 April 2009
By TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Skin (Paperback)
Set in a small Australian town and the area surrounding it, COLD SKIN is the story of brothers Eddie and Larry Holding, their parents, friends, and townspeople. What ties them together besides community connections is the disappearance and murder of a young girl.

Eddie Holding is on the edge of adulthood. He'll be finished with school soon, and his dream is to put his size and strength to good use by working in the mines. It's a dangerous occupation and his father disapproves, but for years Eddie has watched the local young men leave school to work the difficult job and make a decent wage. His father, on the other hand, fought hard in the war and then came home to do a boy's job working at chore-like jobs for a neighboring farmer. Eddie has never understood why his father puts up with ridicule from the locals about his cowardly job.

An observer of people, Eddie watches those around him.

He watches as his older brother Larry drinks himself into a stupor each night at the local bar and then comes home to vomit in the garden and snore in bed until morning. There's the local mayor who never got a chance to fight in the war with the rest of the town's men. He spends his time bragging about his uncontested victory and gathering votes to assure he continues as leader of the town. Mr. Butcher, a high school teacher, leads a mysterious double life. During the week he teaches at the local high school and each weekend heads to the city. Eddie decides to follow his teacher one weekend and discovers he has a fondness for young girls. And speaking of young girls, Eddie experiences his first love with Sally and, at the same time, fantasizes about Colleen, whose disappearance and death tear apart the town.

Author Steven Herrick tells the story of Burruga, Australia, in prose verse. The alternating view points give readers a glimpse into the minds and hearts of all the characters. Young Eddie guides the fast-paced story and provides the connections necessary to understand the people of this tiny town.

Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"
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5.0 out of 5 stars read it, 23 Feb 2009
This review is from: Cold Skin (Paperback)
Have you ever read Stephen Herrick? If not, boy, are you in for a treat! This guy can write the pants off most authors. Read the first few pages and I promise you you'll be hooked. The thing is that it's so easy to read you won't even notice turning the pages. But in his sparce writing are the perfect words to capture a haunting town and it's characters. The cover captures the essence of a gripping story set in the Aussie outback centred around a murder that will have you guessing "whodunnit" right up until the end. Try it - I promise you won't be disappointed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars You definitely don't have to be a teenager to enjoy this one..., 9 Feb 2009
This review is from: Cold Skin (Paperback)
This is an engaging, enthralling, thrilling and beautifully written book! I would highly recommend it to both adults and teenagers. Cold Skin is fast paced, full of intrigue and very accessible - perfect for reluctant readers.
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