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Swollen | 
 enlarge | Author: Melissa Lion
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1427011
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0385746423
EAN: 9780385746427
ASIN: 0385746423
Publication Date: August 10, 2004
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Product Description
Samantha only wants to be loved. By her father, by her best friend, and now by the new boy at school, Farouk. The more time Sam spends with him, the more she can’t stop thinking about him. But she’s cautious, because people can hurt. To escape, Sam runs track at school, finishing every race, but never pushing herself to the limit. As she runs, she is haunted by the recent, mysterious death of Owen, the school’s golden boy and track star.
Sam and Farouk spend afternoons at the beach where divers risk their lives to jump off high cliffs into the churning water below. Like the divers, Sam risks herself to be with Farouk, growing more and more attached to him, longing to feel safe enough to let herself go and show her true feelings.
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 :tears: October 27, 2007
To me what make a great book is how its written. it doesnt matter if the plot sucks or if you hate the charaters. if the words just flow, its amazing. and melissa lion is amazing. i loved how samantha would single out the shy boys to bring back to the beach, and i loved how she knew when she met him that Fasdkjadsbhh (god i cant say let alone type his damn name!! ><) was dangerous enough to make her fall in love, and i hated with a passion her father and how everyone loved owen but sam knew about the real him, the one who wrote on the bridge.
i love, and always will love, and will pass down my family tree until its rotten and thrown away, this book.
melissa lion please write more books. haha. peace
 Very Realistic February 26, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Samantha or "Sam" as she is called, is a young lady who runs track at her school. She explains how running makes her body feel alive and the different sounds it makes when she is running and how she is motivated to get better. She gives her passion up when the new boy in school Farouk, pays her attention. He arrives the same day the most popular boy in school (Owen) dies. And so begins this tale in where Sam narrates her life at home with her unfaithful dad who is cheating on his girlfriend, her friendship with her best friend Chloe who cuts herself when she is depressed, and Sam's mother who since divorcing Sam's father lives in another city and communicates with her daughter through the phone and infreqeunt visits. This book touched me in how real it depicts a normal teenager's life and how easy it is to be hurt whether been a teenager or an adult. Sam's homelife and the ultimately love betrayal by Farouk the boy she thought who loved her as she loved him makes for a interesting and thought proving reading. Great first novel by Ms. Lion.
A great new author... August 16, 2004
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Swollen is a story about first love: how it happens, what it feels like, and what it does to you. Sam is a great character; she's not the perfect daughter or student and she knows it, but she's strong and focused and never complains. Her home life isn't perfect either but she accepts it for what it is. Farouk and Sam's relationship is SO well documented, as Melissa Lion really focuses on Sam's feelings and thoughts. Reading this book was very nostalgic for me, because the characters were so real and their relationships reminded me of my own time in high school.
I'm looking forward to reading Melissa Lion's next book when it comes out. Her style is very comfortable, and her observations are sharp and truthful. I felt like she was writing just for me. I devoured this book.
Absolutely Brilliant August 10, 2004
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Loved it!! Haunting, poetic, & incredibly honest. Death, running, & the complexities of human relationships. Who could ask for more?
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