Truth Depicted In Julie Daines A Blind Eye

“Some people are born blind. For some, tragedy leaves them blind. And then there are those who simply refuse to see.” (Daines) A Blind Eye by Julie Daines is a 163 page, realistic fiction novel written in first person. Julie Daines was born in Massachusetts and raised in Utah. She studied Zoology while going to Brigham Young University. Julie Daines enjoys writing young adult fiction. She writes about “ordinary people with real-life problems who find themselves in extraordinary situations.” (Daines)

A Blind Eye is a novel about a young girl named Scarlett. Scarlett has been blind since birth and lives in London. One day she is kidnapped and brought to the United States. Barely escaping her captors, Scarlett meets Christian. After hearing
First, Christian was running away from home when he found Scarlett in the back of his car. At first, Christian didn’t want anything to do with her. But after hearing her story Christian starts to realize that he can’t leave her alone. Next, Scarlett and Christian are chased by deepthroat and Connor, Scarlett’s captors. Connor and Deepthroat continuously try to capture Scarlett again. Eventually Christian goes to the police and the police sit outside Christian’s house to protect them. Scarlett was able to make contact with a friend from London who came to Oregon to take her home. Scarlett and Christian didn’t realize that the friend who came to pick Scarlett up actually worked for the people who kidnapped her. So, instead of taking her back to London, he took her to Dr. Wyden. Dr. Wyden wanted to do surgery on Scarlett's
Wyden's office to try and piece together what was really going on and why she knew who Scarlett was. Christian went to the office and Dr. Wyden wasn’t there. So he convinces the young secretary, Jenny, to show him around the office. While she was showing him around, Connor and Deepthroat came into the office. Connor shot Jenny. Christian hurried and grabbed Jenny. Before he could get to another room, Connor shot him in the arm. Christian ran into an operating room, pushed a huge chair in front of the door and called the police. The police arrived quickly and were able to shoot Connor, but Deepthroat escaped. I like this part of the book because it had the most action and was the most exciting part of the story. My favorite quote from the book is “Football is a game of two halves.” (Daines, 106) Scarlett says this to Christian. She is telling him that even if your life has been hard all these years, there is always the second half and things can