House of Windows- Alexia Casale

Nick is a super smart 15 year old orphan Maths prodigy off to Cambridge University, full of beans after his mum died and workaholic stupid father lacking parental skills. He is vulnerable and shows great empathy with those less fortunate and well off, and keep on making mistakes. He is lacking a social life and loyal friends who can guide him.

“ The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves, crying on the passers-by to come and love us” Robert Louis Stevenson.

Waterstones Childrens Book Prize shortlisted author, Alexa Casale uses slangs like Porters’ lodge is the Plodge, the locals are townies and students are grownies, At Cambrige, when Nick became a cox of a boat crew, his development is ship wrecked. Nick hates people call him a genius. He works hard and socializes harder to adapt to Cambrige university style, as an outside to do well. He struggles to deal with his present and fails to confront his past.

House of Windows is a sad tale of broken family that can’t seem to get themselves together to fix themselves.

House of Windows by Alexia Casale Faber £7.99 384 pages.

Age level 12 and up Grade level 6 and up

ISBN-13: 978-0571321537