Crossing by Andrew Xia Fukuda

Book:  Crossing by Andrew Xia Fukuda

Release date:  April 27, 2010

Number of pages:  217

Publisher:  Amazon Encore

From:  Author

Summary:

A loner in his all-white high school, Chinese-born Xing (pronounced “Shing”) is a wallflower longing for acceptance. His isolation is intensified by his increasingly awkward and undeniable crush on his only friend, the beautiful and brilliant Naomi Lee. Xing’s quiet adolescent existence is rattled when a series of disappearances rock his high school and fear ripples through the blue collar community in which he lives. Amidst the chaos surrounding him, only Xing, alone on the sidelines of life, takes notice of some peculiar sightings around town. He begins to investigate with the hope that if he can help put an end to the disappearances, he will finally win the acceptance for which he has longed. However, as Xing draws closer to unveiling the identity of the abductor, he senses a noose of suspicion tightening around his own neck. While Xing races to solve the mystery and clear his name, Crossing hurtles readers towards a chilling climax.

*****
Crossing is an amazing debut novel.  It blew me away.  I didn’t have a clue what to expect when I started it and that turned out to be a good thing.  It would have surpassed anything I might have expected from it.
The most brilliant thing about Crossing was the writing.  Even if the story had sucked, which it didn’t, the writing would have made up for it.  I can’t do it justice.  It was just beautiful.
Xing was not exactly an easy character to like or understand but after a while I did.  He was a loner and he didn’t do much to try and fix that but in his town it was kind of impossible.  Everyone was so prejudiced and cruel to him.  It was further than most high schoolers take bullying but I think everyone can relate to Xing.  And with everything that is going on with bullying in high schools today I think everyone needs to read Crossing.  It couldn’t have been released at a better time.
Overall, Crossing is a great story.  It kept me reading until the very last page and the ending threw me for a loop.  There was nothing about this book that I was expecting and I love it!
First line:  In the heady days of that winter, my name and face were plastered on the front page of every major newspaper and weekly news magazine.  
Writing:  5/5
Characters:  4/5
Plot:  4/5
Ending:  4/5
Originality:  5/5
Overall:  22/25=B+
Cover:  4/5=B-
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9 comments

  1. Wonderful review, Katie! The summary sounds very intriguing. This is the first time I’ve heard about this book. I just added to my wishlist. Thank you for your fantastic review! =)

  2. I have really been wanting to read this book and it sounds so original compared to other stuff I’ve read. Sounds to me like the writing is pretty awesome too. Thanks for the lovely review, Katie! 😀

    ~Briana