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If you're looking for something challenging, for a book that will knock your socks off and make you see things in a new way...Seek is the book for you. It may take a few pages to get into the flow of it because the format is so different, but once you immerse yourself, there's no turning back.

Rob (Robert Radkovitz) is a high school senior. Assigned to write an autobiography for his English class, he chooses to create a sound portrait of his life. The story, in play format (more or less), is told through the voices of fifty-two different characters, each with their own striking voice.

You'll hear from Rob's grandmother, his friends, his mother and even his absent father, Lenny. Each voice has a story to tell and you'll find yourself hurrying from one fragment to another, greedy to find out what happens.

Rob's search for his absent father over the airwaves (hence the name "Seek") is one of the driving forces in the book. When Lenny finally calls and they have a conversation, so many things have happened that you wonder "is this it?" You soon see that it isn't. There's more to Rob's life than that.

This would be a great book to read in English class and even better to do performances from. The author's note in the back even has some suggestions for how the book could be performed.