Video — Karen Romano Young

When Mr. Lincoln gives his eighth-grade class an observation project, it sounds roll-your-eyes dumb to Janine and Eric. Especially since Janine can't come up with anyone interesting to observe and Mr. Lincoln won't let Eric record his observations with his ever-present video camera. It isn't until the nail-biting climax of this provocative story, when Janine is in real danger from a stranger who has insidiously slipped into her life and mind, that she and Eric discover that they both chose to observe the same person. Entries from their observation notebooks spur this finely crafted and chilling novel to a conclusion that will leave readers with a new perspective on what it can mean to watch, to look, to observe, to see.