Car-Jacked
Had a little spate of starting a lots of books and not finishing any of them, but I sat down for a session of reading this morning and have just finished... Car-jacked is the story of Jack, a 12 year old genius with an IQ of 170. He's accidentally abducted when Ross, a bank robber from Scotland, steals the family car not realising he's in the back. Everything in Jack's life has been carefully planned up until this moment, how will he cope? We soon learn that all is not as it seems with Ross, for a hardened criminal who has spent time in jail, he kind of grows on you. He doesn't want to endanger Jack and tries to get rid of him as soon as he can. But when he realises he's left an asthmatic on the side of the road without his inhaler he goes back for him. The unlikely duo set out together on what turns out to be an enlightening adventure for both of them. The story turns your stereotypical feelings on their head. You come to care for the bad guy and the good...