Albatross

by Josie Bloss

He was music, everything else was noise. Everyone at Tess's new school warns her that Micah is bad news-a heartbreaker. And a girl named Daisy is acting like she owns him. Still, Tess can't ignore her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738714763
• ISBN13: 9780738714769
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Flux
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

A Compelling Treatment on Obsessions and How to Overcome Them

Have you ever fallen hard for somebody who didn't like you back? Have you ever found yourself desperately trying to win the approval of somebody who treats you like crap? Have you ever felt like, no matter what you do, you're never going to be good enough for anybody to love you? If you said yes to any of those questions, you will appreciate the truthfulness and insight in Josie Bloss's new novel, Albatross. Bloss's third young adult novel shows a depth of insight into the psychological mechanisms underlying emotionally abusive relationships that readers of all ages will appreciate. Bloss artuflly weaves together her main character Tess's troubled family life with the character's powerful obsession with a new love interest from her school. In the process, Bloss picks apart the complex psychology of obsession and offers some hopeful insights about how to overcome it. This book is great for grown ups who have delt with unhealthy relationships in their lives, or for young people (particularly young women) who want to avoid them in the future. For a young adult novel, Albatross espouses an image of healthy relationships that is remarkably mature, while still managing to be thoroughly witty, crisp, and entertaining.

4 Stars for Albatross

4 Stars - WOW.... It took me awhile to write this review after reading this book, because the story affected me so much. I still don't think this review does it justice. I think you'll need to read it to understand what I mean. What's scary about this book? That there's people out there like this.... it gave me shivers and really made me think about how there are some cruel people out there, come big or small, old or young. When Tess moves with her mother to a new town and starts at a new school, she's looking to fit in. She's told by a few people to stay way from Micah because he's not the nicest person around. Tess is thrown together with Micah and finds him interesting and wants to learn more about this cute boy. She ends up more then attracted to him - people repelling ways and all. Bloss hit the nail on the head with these characters. It's amazing and scary just how close both Tess and Micah are to real people. The dark side of their relationship just takes hold and drives the story even further down a road that you don't want to see anyone go down. Even Scarier is the fact that there are guys like Micah and Tess's dad out there and girls like Tess fall for them, because it's all they know from their home lives or all they think they deserve. The author has created a perfect mix of true life on both sides of the story - The girl who falls for the not so nice guy and doesn't see it until it's too late and the guy who's out to step on anyone he can along the way. A story that is so believable that it had me shaking my head and wanting to yell at both Tess and Micah throughout the book. Bloss is an author that I'll be on the look out for her next book. She's got a knack for writing, without a doubt.

Read This!

Bravo, Josie! I wish I had read this book when I was much younger because it is a wonderful book and it would have saved me some real grief. I think you are going to hear from many young women who will be inspired by Tess's backbone and bravery. Plus, the story is riveting and the ending is so satisfying!