Before My Eyes - Softcover

"Avoiding preachiness, Bock handles the novel's multiple viewpoints exceptionally well, rotating among the painfully believable voices of high school students and adults. Her characters may keep the truth inside, but their story reads like a confessional."--"Publishers Weekly" (Starred Review)

"Realistic and devastatingly insightful, this novel can serve as a springboard to classroom and family discussions. Unusual and important."--"Kirkus" (Starred Review)

"Told in several voices, Bock creates a suspenseful, gripping, and powerful novel that will keep readers on their toes."--"Library Journal" (Starred Review)

Praise for BEFORE MY EYES "[a] gripping novel."--"Publishers Weekly""" "[an] unflinching thriller."--"Bookpage" Praise for LIE "Suspenseful and thought-provoking, this is a compellingly readable novel with a challenging theme and memorable characterizations. A teriffiic choice to spark discussion and debate."--"Booklist" (starred review)

"Avoiding preachiness, Bock handles the novel's multiple viewpoints exceptionally well, rotating among the painfully believable voices of high school students and adults. Her characters may keep the truth inside, but their story reads like a confessional."--"Publishers Weekly" (Starred Review)

"Realistic and devastatingly insightful, this novel can serve as a springboard to classroom and family discussions. Unusual and important."--"Kirkus" (Starred Review)

"Told in several voices, Bock creates a suspenseful, gripping, and powerful novel that will keep readers on their toes."--"Library Journal" (Starred Review)

"[a] gripping novel."--"Publishers Weekly""" "[an] unflinching thriller."--"Bookpage"

[a] gripping novel. "Publishers Weekly"

[an] unflinching thriller. "Bookpage""

[a] gripping novel. Publishers Weekly

[an] unflinching thriller. Bookpage

"[a] gripping novel." --Publishers Weekly

"[an] unflinching thriller." --Bookpage

In Caroline Bock's Before My Eyes, Claire has spent the last few months taking care of her six-year-old sister, Izzy, as their mother lies in a hospital bed. Claire believes she has everything under control until she meets a guy online who appears to be a kindred spirit. Claire is initially flattered by the attention but when she meets Max, the shy state senator's son, her feelings become complicated. Working alongside Max at a beachfront food stand is Barkley. Lonely and obsessive, Barkley has been hearing a voice in his head.

Narrated in turns by Claire, Max, and Barkley, Before My Eyes captures a moment when possibilities should be opening up, but instead everything teeters on the brink of destruction.