and Critter escaping from their societies to run away and do something that they love.

I have rock climbed so I am aware of the feelings that they have about it, but I wonder if people from an outside perspective will be able to grasp the sport as much through this novel. I think that this book was an easy read, and I enjoyed all of the rock climbing lingo that was interspersed all throughout the novel. Critter is an interesting character in that he says he can see people's auras and is very in touch with living a free life to its fullest. The novel it is fast paced with adventure and romance as they run from the cops and fall for each other's similar viewpoints on climbing and living a fun life. is very strong minded and willed and thinks that she knows better for herself in life she wants adventure and she is in love with rock climbing. They meet interesting characters, face life threatening climbs and are on the run from the cops because of their break away trip. The hitchhike and takes buses to each stop and rock climb sometimes dangerous surfaces all the while forming an attraction. They meet at the rock climbing gym and as virtual strangers decide to pool their money and leave in the middle of the night on an adventure that will lead them west to Yosemite on a rock climbing adventure. Critter's parents also don't understand him and the different way that he views life he escapes a mental ward and is in the right place at the right time when P.K. Ages 12–up.P.K.'s parents don't understand her, and she is not doing well in school or in their eyes so they decide to send her to boarding school, but P.K. An incisive reflection on endurance, independence, belonging, self-knowledge, and love, this story should find a wide audience. logical, relatable coping mechanisms (“You’re scared of the future. The allegedly unbalanced Critter takes serenity to new heights as he shares with P.K. Yet the narrators’ psychological explorations are as exhilarating as their physical exploits. Chapters range from a few sentences to a few pages, and the descriptions of the pair’s climbs are riveting-especially a treacherous scramble up a cliff with police in pursuit. The teens hitchhike to Las Vegas and jump at the chance to make the first-ever ascent of a steep rock face. runs away to avoid being shipped to boarding school, and gentle-natured Critter, who has the ability to see colors that indicate people’s emotions (for reasons he keeps to himself for some time), escapes from a psychiatric hospital. Told through the alternating present-tense perspectives of two runaways who connect through their love of rock climbing, Carbone’s (Blood on the River) picaresque novel is equal parts entertaining and provocative.

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