Title: Lost In Thought
Author: Cara Bertrand
Genre: YA Paranormal
Romance (psychic abilities)…with a contemporary flair
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Lainey Young has a secret: she’s going crazy. Everyone else thinks she has severe migraines from stress and exhaustion. What she really has are visions of how people died—or are going to die. Not that she tells anyone that. At age sixteen, she prefers keeping her crazy to herself. When doctors insist she needs a new and stable environment to recover, Lainey’s game to spend two years at a private New England boarding school. She doesn’t really think it will cure her problem, and she’s half right. There is no cure, but as she discovers, she’s not actually crazy.
Almost
everyone at Northbrook
Academy has a secret too.
Half the students and nearly all the staff are members of the Sententia, a
hidden society of the psychically gifted. A vision of another student’s impending
death confirms Lainey is one of them. She’d like to return the crappy gift of
divining deaths with only a touch, but enjoys spending time with Carter
Penrose—recent Academy graduate and resident school crush—while learning to
control it. Lainey’s finally getting comfortable with her ability, and with
Carter, when they uncover her true Sententia heritage. Now she has a real
secret.
Once
it’s spilled, she’ll be forced to forget protecting secrets and start
protecting herself.
Cara
is a former middle school literacy teacher who now lives in the woods outside Boston with: one awesome
husband, two large dogs, one small daughter, and lots of words. LOST IN THOUGHT
is her first novel and was one of three finalists for the 2011 Amazon/Penguin
Breakthrough Novel Award in the Young Adult category.
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“That’s
one of our best editions; you must have a great eye,” came a soft—and highly
unexpected—voice from behind me. I gave the most embarrassing, girly little
shriek and spun around, nearly dropping one of the best editions in the store
unceremoniously onto the floor.
He
was handsome, tall, several inches above six feet, and lean but obviously
muscular, all long legs and graceful limbs. His hair brushed over his forehead,
curling at the ends. It was the unnamable color between brown and blond with
brighter gold in some places, as if he spent lots of time outdoors. Or was just
really lucky. Beautiful liquid blue eyes with darker edges topped a strong
nose, narrow and straight, and lips that were perhaps a little too thin but
complemented the rest of his features. He wore a simple t-shirt with jeans that
fit perfectly, not too tight, not too loose.
He
was the kind of guy I’d admire approvingly, if I saw him on the street or in
the dining hall, but he was not the stuff of dreams, or so I thought. And then
he smiled at me. Suddenly he became not just handsome but really handsome,
entrancing even. I couldn’t look away. Didn’t want to either. I realized that
I’d been wrong. He was the stuff of dreams, because he was real. He was a boy
you didn’t fantasize about but actually knew and dated and were envied by other
girls for it.
Of
course, in the few seconds between when I turned around and he smiled, I
couldn’t have made such a detailed inventory of his physical charms. Initially
I had only a fleeting impression of cute boy, tall, unexpectedly talking to—and
smiling at—me, but it would come to seem as if I always knew him exactly as he
was, that I couldn’t remember him as anything less than everything. Eventually
I would know his face better than my own, than anyone’s. But I didn’t know that
then. I didn’t even know his name.
He
coughed and gave me a look that was charmingly abashed. “Hi. Sorry. Didn’t mean
to startle you.” Another smile. “I’m Carter. I work here.”
Lost in Thought Dream Cast
Well, this was probably the single hardest question for me
to answer, but I had a lot of fun dreaming and
trying to find at least semi-famous people who fit the characters in my
head! I don’t watch a heckuva lot of TV/movies. If I want to write and read
books, things like TV just don’t fit in the schedule!
What I’d really LOVE (love, love) is to hear reader
suggestions! It’s so much more interesting to hear who you envision.
So here goes—how’d I do?
Lainey: Imagine a
young Jennifer Connelly with a
little bit of Sophia Bush thrown in.
Or, since this is dream-casting:
Carter: is actually
inspired by a handsome young man who cashiered at, um, my local liquor store. In a pinch, model Jesse Shannon (whose look is unique and incredibly versatile) as he
appears in this
particular photo by Pablo Arroyo
for this Italian D&G campaign (http://www.thefashionisto.com/bastian-thiery-nicolas-ripoll-jesse-shannon-others-don-italian-styles-for-lofficiel-hommes-italia/
…which of course you should check out for the great style and the additional
potential leading-men!) would make a nice Carter. Assuming, of course, he could
act. Alex Pettyfer is awfully
pretty, but I’m not sure he’s got enough range to actually portray Carter.
Amy: She’s too
small, but lighten her hair and Lucy
Hale from Pretty Little Liars could make a cute Amy. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1423955/resumephotos?v=me705679895
Caleb: I bet Freddie Highmore could be a good Caleb. http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1450024960/nm0383603 Or maybe Callan McAuliffe.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2786608/resumephotos?v=me708850196
Alexis: I’m
obsessed with Pitch Perfect, and actually think Alexis Knapp could be a good Alexis. Same name and everything :) http://paribus.tumblr.com/post/18991807945/alexis-knapp-in-project-x
Jenna: Who’s a
tiny blond and can do sweet, innocent, and more? I guess Elle Fanning if no one else.
Constance Stewart:
I mean, we’re dream-casting, right? So Michelle
Obama. She’d be amazing. She is amazing. Smart, polished, and fierce
as hell. She’s actually even tall enough.
http://hinterlandgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/michelle-obama-vogue-magazine.jpg
Tessa Espinosa:
There’s probably no more dream-castable actress of Mexican descent than Salma Hayak.
Melinda Penrose:
I love Sarah Clarke.
Of course, she had to go and be Bella’s Mom, but still. She’s perfect. http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3780741632/nm1020124
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