Listening for Lucca

Title: Listening for Lucca

Author: Suzanne LaFleur 

Summary: Siena and her family (Mom, Dad, & 3 yr. old brother Lucca) move from their NYC apartment to an old Victorian house on the ocean in Maine. She is finally making friends and shedding her "weird girl" image because of her obsession with collecting old things and her strange ability to see into the past. 

She finds a special pen and begins to write with it in a journal; but finds that when she puts pen to paper, she cannot control what she is writing and from the mysterious pen, a story of a girl from the 40s' and her brother who previously lived in the house. However, she finds out something troubling about how the girl and her brother end up and she knows she has to go back into history to change things. 

Meanwhile, her brother, Lucca, hasn't talked in about a year, and she realizes that the story that unfolds is the key to Lucca's voice. 

Comments: I really liked this book! It really made you think and the story was just so interesting. The idea was good, however, it reminded me a bit of Harry Potter or The Magic Half (2 separate books). 

It gave me the chills, the way she was able to go back and try and change things, and the story of Sarah and Joshua. I loved this book!

However, it is a bit deep, so I'd suggest this book to 10-11+ just because of some more dramatic themes. 

Complaints: The ending was nice, but it was, i thought, a bit of a weak end with Lucca just suddenly talking. However, I did enjoy seeing the problem resolved, so this isn't a big complaint. 

Rating: 5 stars!!!