Catcher, Caught

Daniel hat Leukämie. Er ist zum ersten Mal verliebt aber empfindlich und ständig müde. Und lebt abgeschieden auf einem Hausboot um ihn von Keimen fernzuhalten. Seine Eltern wollen auch nicht, dass er weiter zur Schule geht, was ihn nicht nur sozial ausgrenzt, sondern auch das Jugendamt aufmerksam ma......more

Sixteen year-old narrator Daniel Landon has leukemia, and may only have a year to live—even if he does have the chemotherapy treatment his doctors suggest. But his hippie parents decide to give him alternative herbal treatment instead, and pull him out of school (too many germs being around other ki......more

See, this book is a perfect illustration of everything that is wrong with the publishing industry. It boggles the mind that a book that is as wonderful as this one is has not received the recognition it deserves. I can’t say enough good things about it. The writing is top notch, with the fluidity th......more

In her third novel, Sarah Collins Honenberger pays homage to the classic Salinger novel, Catcher in the Rye. Catcher, Caught is her way of hoping to reconnect this generation with the story of Holden Caulfield and his coming of age journey. To accomplish this, she employs the narrative of Daniel Lan......more

I liked the characters of Daniel and his older brother joe, but really struggled with the Hippy parents making crazy decissions based on some imagined spiritual beliefs. Fine if you want to do that with your life, but maybe not use your child as a guinea pig.......more