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North: An Adventure Kindle Edition

by Amanda Linehan (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 59 ratings

A little luck. A little skill. A big gamble...


With a bag full of stolen money, a new friend she met while stealing his car, and an old adversary out to get her, Jayne heads north looking for a better life.

Along the way she encounters adventure, danger, freedom and something she never expected — love.

But before she can reach her destination she must confront something that’s been following her all along. When she least expects it, her past collides with her future and she must decide whether to keep running or return home to rebuild the life she left.
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    254 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    October 3, 2016
  4. File size
    1.4 MB
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"Jayne is a compelling protagonist with a rap sheet as long as her leg, but with so much doubt and self-conflict to make her shady actions understandable and sympathetic. It's a heavy but affecting read, made stronger by the novel's multi-layered lead character." Self-Publishing Review

About the Author

Amanda Linehan is a fiction writer, blogger and INFP. She has indie published two young adult novels and a couple handfuls of short stories. Her short fiction has been featured on Every Day Fiction.She lives in Maryland, likes to be outside and writes with her cat sleeping on the floor beside her desk.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01M0OLOXP
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 3, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.4 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 59 ratings

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Amanda Linehan

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Amanda Linehan is a fiction writer, indie author and INFP. She has published five novels, six short stories and two short story collections. Her stories have been read by readers in 86 countries. Amanda has been self publishing since 2012. Her short fiction has been published in Every Day Fiction and in the Beach Life anthology published by Cat & Mouse Press. She lives in Maryland, likes to be outside and writes with her cat sleeping on the floor beside her desk.

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Customers find this book engaging with a surprising plot full of twists. The characters are compelling, and the pacing is fast. Customers describe the writing style as focused, with one noting it's easy to read.

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8 customers mention "Storytelling"8 positive0 negative

Customers find the book's storytelling engaging and surprising, with a plot that features enough twists to keep readers interested.

"...Likewise, Linehan’s plot is relatively simple, but not predictable, and the associations and revelations that lay head for Jayne on her journey are..." Read more

"...The prose is as lean and quick as the young heroine. The plot has enough twists to keep you reaching for the popcorn and potato chips...." Read more

"great story about 2 small town sister on a mission with different lives. great developed drama" Read more

"...were not significant enough to interfere with my enjoyment of this suspenseful and very engaging story." Read more

4 customers mention "Character development"4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book, finding them compelling.

"...Her characters feel real as does the story itself...." Read more

"A minimal number of characters, few tangents or flashbacks, tight and focused writing made this a 5-star book for me." Read more

"It was a fun read. I liked the characters in the story and the way it was told...." Read more

"The characters were really compelling, hitting parts of all people exceptionally well. It is a book that is easy to read." Read more

4 customers mention "Pacing"4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the pacing of the book, describing it as fast-paced, with one customer noting it matches the quick pace of the young heroine.

"...and revelations that lay head for Jayne on her journey are well-timed and surprising. Reading North is a fun and easy ride...." Read more

"...You just can't stop until it's done. The prose is as lean and quick as the young heroine...." Read more

"...So begins a fast-paced and entertaining tale about a very savvy girl on the lamb...." Read more

"...It is a story of an unexpected journey and the pace is fast and the story kept me engaged throughout." Read more

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Customers find the book readable and fun to read.

"...like Jayne’s hasty, and often contentious quest for happiness, is worth the ride. And so you root for her despite her faults and her deceptions...." Read more

"It was a fun read. I liked the characters in the story and the way it was told...." Read more

"A surprising story, leaving the reader with a positive outlook. A very good book. I look forward to reading more by this author." Read more

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Customers appreciate the writing style of the book, with one noting its focused and lean prose, while another finds it easy to read.

"...number of characters, few tangents or flashbacks, tight and focused writing made this a 5-star book for me." Read more

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  • John Janke
    4.0 out of 5 stars Running is easy, getting away is hard.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2016
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    Your father is a drug addict. The police hound you for no good reason. You work a dead-end job. Your poker skills are disrespected because you’re a girl.
    What’s a disenfranchised, sullen, kleptomaniac waif to do? Acquire some cash, grab some transportation, and head North, that’s what.
    Linehan’s novel North depicts the flight of Jayne, a curiously vulnerable yet resilient teen, who, deciding that nothing in her life requires her immediate presence, flees her unremarkable circumstances seeking an idyllic home where she and her existence might matter to someone somehow. It’s not that easy for Jayne, however, just to drive away with no strings attached. No matter how well she steers to evade the long arms of a despondent status quo, it still has considerable reach, and is seemingly determined to imprison her in an existence Jayne considers neither fun nor fulfilling. And so Jayne repeatedly does one thing to escape her pursuers: she keeps running North.
    Linehan’s subtle and skillful storytelling breathes new life into what could have been yet another teen angst story. Her characters feel real as does the story itself. Jayne, her comrades, and even her nemeses aren’t involved in global conspiracies, zombie attacks, or alien invasions. Instead they run from something that probably terrifies most people even more: the realization that life -- at its worst – can be nothing more than spirit-killing monotony.
    Likewise, Linehan’s plot is relatively simple, but not predictable, and the associations and revelations that lay head for Jayne on her journey are well-timed and surprising.
    Reading North is a fun and easy ride. You don’t want to get back into the car with Jayne — and you should think twice about going into any store with her — but you do, because you want to believe that life, like Jayne’s hasty, and often contentious quest for happiness, is worth the ride. And so you root for her despite her faults and her deceptions. Moreover, you want her to get away, to be happy, to find contentment, yet all the while knowing that across the poker table she’d happily and competently take you for everything you’ve got.
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  • Rusty Square
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great adventure! A girl, a guy, a classic convertible, and a cop on a mission.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2017
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    A minimal number of characters, few tangents or flashbacks, tight and focused writing made this a 5-star book for me.
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  • William J. Cook
    4.0 out of 5 stars See Jayne Run
    Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2016
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    "Jayne looked at the money in the cash drawer and in an instant knew exactly what she was going to do.
    She was going to make a run for it."

    So begins the lightning-paced story of a 19-year-old girl whose frequent scrapes with the law have made her a canny thief with a chip on her shoulder. Savage, the policewoman who has taken her down so many times before, won't catch her this time. Jayne will just steal a car and head north. Of course, life has a way of interfering with even the best of plans.

    Reading Linehan's crime thriller is like binge-watching a favorite series on Netflix. You just can't stop until it's done. The prose is as lean and quick as the young heroine. The plot has enough twists to keep you reaching for the popcorn and potato chips. My only quibble, and it's a minor one, is that I felt Jayne was too savvy and street-smart to have fired that pistol in the empty apartment, even though that becomes necessary for the story.

    That said, forget about eating dinner tonight or getting to bed on time.

    Jayne is on the run.
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  • George Shadow
    3.0 out of 5 stars A MIX OF TEENAGE ASPIRATIONS, COSTLY LIFE MISTAKES AND THE URGE TO DO IT RIGHT
    Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2016
    Jayne knew she must take the money and run, but first, she must go home and pack before getting a getaway car. Things don’t turn out as they should when she gets home, though. Something nasty had happened and her dad is nowhere to be found. A silly mistake puts Jayne right in the middle of a suspects list before she heads out to find her flight car. At a gas station, the car heist doesn’t turn out as it should, though, and she is forced to take a stranger along for the ride of her life, having no idea of what would happen next. To cap it all, the cops are on to her not just for petty theft, but for murder as well.

    This is a good story, made more complex by the precarious situation our lead character finds herself in. The pages read like a cop-chase movie, with poignant flashbacks. NORTH is a mix of teenage aspirations, costly life mistakes and the urge to do it right. It's characters were never jostling for the best and worst positions available in the book. Life had simply dealt them heavy blows and they needed to make things right, causing more trouble in the course of doing this.

    The book's cover art is just right. It’s interior format gave my coffee reader no issues, and typos and errors are at a minimal. I think lovers of the young adult genre would enjoy this one.
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  • Que Sera Sera
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2017
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    great story about 2 small town sister on a mission with different lives. great developed drama
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  • Ginger B.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful and Engaging
    Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2016
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    Jayne is no stranger to trouble and she knows what it takes to stay one step ahead when she feels it breathing down her neck. (Her father is a drug addict and her mother deserted the family a long time ago, and then there are her frequent run-ins with the law, in particular, with one Officer Savage, a police detective who seems to have a personal vendetta against her.) One evening, Jayne decides she’s had enough. She robs the shoe store where she works and decides to head north. She steals a car, and its owner, a young man named Jack, insists on coming along. So begins a fast-paced and entertaining tale about a very savvy girl on the lamb. I found a few details that (at least for me) didn’t add up, but they were not significant enough to interfere with my enjoyment of this suspenseful and very engaging story.
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  • J.Marie
    4.0 out of 5 stars A fun read.
    Reviewed in Canada on April 16, 2017
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    This was a fun read. At first, I found it a little hard to get into, but as I continued, I enjoyed the fleshing out of the major characters and the way the suspense kept building to the point I had difficulty putting it down.
    Jayne is a sympathetic character, in spite of the trouble she's in. She has plenty of reasons to have turned out the way she has and through little fault of her own, which is why I felt so protective of her throughout the plot. In spite of her resourcefulness, I suspected her luck would run out sooner or later, but the author had a few surprises up her sleeve as to the ultimate outcome.
    My only criticism is that the last couple of chapters felt a bit rushed, and I would have liked to have read more about Jack at the end. I also wondered if there will be a sequel to find out how Jayne and Savage fared with their plan. I would be interested in reading more from Amanda Linehan.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on April 27, 2017
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    Great book. Loved it
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