When Lightning Strikes: Amazon.ca: Meg Cabot: Books

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KliattA page-turning read that will have fans lining up for the next Jess story.

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When lightning strikes there can only be trouble - as Jessica Mastriani finds out when she and best friend Ruth get caught in a thunderstorm. Not that Jess has ever really avoided trouble before. Instead of cheerleading there are fistfights with the football team and month-long stints in detention - not that detention doesn't have its good points - like sitting next to Rob - the cutest senior around! But this is trouble with a capital T - this trouble is serious. Because somehow, on that long walk home in the thunderstorm, Jess acquired a newfound talent. An amazing power that can be used for good...or for evil. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun for Adults Too!, July 5 2004

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This review is from: When Lightning Strikes (Mass Market Paperback)

If you're a grown-up thinking about reading these books, don't be put off by the fact that they're technically YA. I'm 30 years old and I got a huge kick out of "When Lightning Strikes!" I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Jess is a wonderful heroine, spunky, funny, and smart. The plot was a lot of fun, too -- a bit predictable in places, but the writing was so lively and energetic and just plain fun that I didn't care. Pure enjoyment! I can't wait to read the next one in the series!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Just an Ordinary Girl..., Jun 2 2004

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This review is from: When Lightning Strikes (Mass Market Paperback)

Jessica Mastriani is just your ordinary girl. Well, as ordinary as anybody can be when their house has been named a historical landmark, their family owns three restaurants, they beat up football linemen regularly...and knows where missing children are when she sleeps.

When Jess's friend Ruth decides to take a "short" jog home after school, instead of driving, they run straight into a storm. Taking refuge under a metal bleacher, Jess gets hit with lightning, but thinks that she is fine...until the next morning, when she wakes up and discovers that she knows the exact location of two missing children. From that day on, Jess can find missing children in her sleep. Unfortunately, when she "saves" a missing child, Sean, she puts Sean in serious trouble. Trying to save him, she goes on a huge adventure, while dodging FBI agents who are getting very annoyed and impatient. It's up to Jess to try to fix everything... all while trying to catch the attention of Rob Wilkins, a motor- cycle riding senior.

I give this book, When Lightning Strikes by Meg Cabot, four stars, because I thought that the book was very good. It has strong, well- rounded characters that seem to jump off of the page, and a well thought- out plot. The descriptions are clear, and the main character's views and opinions make you laugh, while her actions make you gasp. I loved reading the book, and couldn't put it down until the very last word.

Jess Mastriani is one of kind. She's as strong- minded and brave, as she is short and petite. Though the football players are usually three times as big as her, Jess doesn't hesitate in punching their lights out when they insult her brother or her friends. This is usually the cause of her never- ending detention sentences. Jess is a person that you just want to know. When you're friends with her, you know she'll look out for you.

The strongest scene in the book is the scene when Jess and Sean are trying to avoid the FBI, who is looking for them both, though for different reasons. In order to give Sean a chance to get out, she sacrifices her own temporary freedom and jumps into a plastic volcano to distract the FBI. I like this scene because it shows Jess's boldness and the way that she always puts other people's needs before her own.

I would recommend this book to anybody who's looking for a fun book to read. People who enjoy reading about strong, funny characters would definitely like this book, and are really missing out if they don't read it. Any girl who's ever felt like punching anybody would like reading about this funny, bold girl, like I did.

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5.0 out of 5 stars When Lightning Strikes 1-800-where-r-u series by meg Cabot, May 4 2004

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This book is really good. It is all adventurous and exciting. Everything about it is great. Jess is the main character and she has a big change in life when she walks home with her best friend right when a storm hits. They were walking and all of a sudden lightning starts going, so they decide to go hide behind bleachers and the lightning hits the bleacher that jess was holding on to and she get struck by lighting. Her best friend Ruth saw the whole thing and was freaking out. Jess said she didn't feel anything different about herself. When she got home she knew she couldn't tell her mom or dad so she goes and tells her brother and he says there would have to be a scar leading in and out. Nothing... she goes down and pours herself a glass of milk and reads the missing kids on the milk carton. When she goes to bed she dreams, about them. When she woke up she knew exactly where they were. She goes and finds them but it's not all good from there. This is a really good book, there twists and turns every where. This is a real page-turner. This is a series and it is really good. Its hair pulling to find out what happens every time to her. Have fun reading this great book:-)

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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent
one of my friends was reading this, and when I read the blurb I was skeptical. At the time I was reading Haunted (also by Meg Cabot) and didn't think that the story about Jess... Read more

Published on April 13 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars A book for all!
I'm not a big reader at all. I picked up this book because I am a huge fan of 1-800-Missing, the tv series which was inspired by this book series. Read more

Published on Mar 19 2004