The Falcon

I picked this book up on a whim b/c I like the cover. The pictured reminded me of (I'll admit it) Squall Leonhart and I was in an FF8 kinda mood. I started reading as soon as I got home and couldn't put it down. My mom stared at me as I sat, utterly consumed, on the couch and she watched my facial expresssions go from one end of the spectrum to the other. This book spoke so truly of the teenage mind and heart that it gave me chills. I found myself thinking of how much of Luke was in me and vice versa. This book is a profound dive into the heart and the utter peak of true-life fiction. My next task is to get my own copy, or the library will never get their's back.

Written as the assigned journal of 17 year old Luke, THE FALCON is a story about the power of lies and the need we all share, at times, to hide from difficult truths. Luke's English teacher assigns the journal that Luke balks at writing. Using an intriguing device of crossed-out text, in which Luke's truth is hinted at over time, Koller writes a convincing portrait of an adolescent whose lie haunts him for four years and whose encounter with the truth, through therapy, is affirming and hopeful. Comments by a school library media specialist.