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Chasing Windmills

Catherine Ryan Hyde

2008
2008
first published
  • 2008Transworld · ENGISBN 9781407033860
  • 2008Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9780307472434

A chance meeting on a train, and two lives changed forever . . .Sebastian, at 17, has never eaten pizza, never been to school, never even hung out with other kids. He rides the subway at night to escape his father's strict, possessive parenting. Maria, 22 and mother to two young children, has just lost her job. Afraid to confess to her violent boyfriend, Maria resorts to riding the subway when he thinks she's at work. And then one night, on an empty train, Sebastian and Maria make eye contact . . .

How it reads

Character focusSingle leadTwo hander

Worth knowing

Romance levelCentralSubplot

When and where

ThemesLove
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