The Ninth Life of Louis Drax - Liz Jensen
by Zia ~ May 2nd, 2005. Filed under: Books.Precocious Louis Drax has suffered one accident after another, one for each or his eight years of life. His mother says he has nine lives, just like a cat–and his ninth accident lands him in a ward for the comatose. What follows is a thrilling story that gets to the bottom of his strange, accident-prone existence and his heartbreakingly dysfunctional home. I started reading this Friday afternoon on the way to Oregon, and finished it before we got to Short Sands. It was absolutely riveting. Jensen deftly manipulates our allegience page by page until we are turned upside down and inside out. Highly recommend.