I read Freaky Green Eyes by Joyce Carol Oates recently. I've read a lot of her work for adults (her novelisation of the life of Marylin Monroe, Blonde, is a great book for mature fans of the doomed actress), but this is the first young adult novel of hers that I've read. Like her adult books, it's not a cheerful read but the story is is full of suspense and mystery and it grips you all the way through.
Frankie seems like she has it all: her dad is a former sports star turned popular TV presenter, she lives in a beautiful house in the exclusive part of town and her family does everything together. But there are cracks this paradise- why are her mum and dad rowing so much and if they're so happy why is her mum spending more and more time away at the family cabin by the coast? Everybody knows that Frankie's dad gets upset when his family isn't together, why is Frankie's mum causing problems? If she only would do what he wanted there'd be no need for her mum to wear long sleeves and scarves round her neck all the time. Only Freaky Green Eyes, Frankie's inner voice, dares to ask and seek out the answers to these questions.
Tim from the cool reads website gives a great review. You can read the first chapter here. This is yet another book that I checked out of Sheffield public library- hurrah for free reading!
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