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Gifted Touch (Fingerprints #1)
by
Melinda Metz (Goodreads Author)
Sometimes, when I touch things, words fill my head. Words that feel like thoughts--thoughts that are inside of me...but not mine.
I used to think I was crazy. Used to.
I'm starting to wonder if there's a reason for all the voices that tangle together in my mind. And if I'm right, then it's not my sanity I'm worried about--it's my life.
Mass Market Paperback, 240 pages
Published
April 1st 2001
by Avon
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This first book in the Fingerprints series was well-written and a good lead-in to further adventures of Rae (who can read people's thoughts when she touches their fingerprints) and friend Anthony (who considers himself dumb for being in a slow-learner's class at school yet is the one who discovers, three-fourths of the way through the book, that Rae isn't crazy after all, she has a gift). There are a lot of unanswered questions in this book: Rae's mom is described as "crazy, who did something ho...more
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After recently reading Crave by Melinda Metz, I wondered what else she has written. I was shocked to find that she and another author wrote the Roswell T.V. series. So, after reading the description for the fingerprints series, I just had to give them a try. Gifted Touch is a great beginning to the series. Rae Voight's mother died in a mental institution. She is being raised by her father who only relays the fondest of memories regarding her mother. At school one day, Rae began receiving outside...more
Gifted Touch is the first book in the Fingerprints series. In Gifted Touch we meet Rae who is able to read peoples thoughts by touching their fingerprints. Rae first thinks she's crazy and doesn't understand what's happening to her but later on she realizes her powers with the help of Anthony, a boy from the group therapy who later becomes her friend. When coming in terms with her power, Rae is also being watched and is wanted dead for unknown reasons because of her dead crazy mother. Anthony an...more
I know I'm late to the party on this one, Fingerprints came out ten years ago, but I don't care, I'm just pleased to have stumbled on this little gem of a series. From the writer of the Roswell High series comes an intriguing, sharp book about Rae, a prep school beauty who has it all and loses it suddenly when gripped by the same mental illness as that which claimed her mothers' life. Well, at least that's what she thinks. What at first seems a quickly spiraling plunge into mental illness become...more
This one is the first of a series about a girl who can hear the thoughts of others by contact with their fingerprints (either directly or indirectly).
This idea intrigued me and the first book was mostly about Rae finding out what her "not me thoughts" are. Teen speak and pop culture references abound (which annoyed me) but their use did drop shortly after the beginning of the book when Rae (not knowing what is happening to her) has a meltdown at school one day leading to her being hospitalized f...more
This idea intrigued me and the first book was mostly about Rae finding out what her "not me thoughts" are. Teen speak and pop culture references abound (which annoyed me) but their use did drop shortly after the beginning of the book when Rae (not knowing what is happening to her) has a meltdown at school one day leading to her being hospitalized f...more
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One day Rae starts to hear things. Words and thoughts, but not her thoughts or her words. Whenever she touches something she hears the thought of someone else.
It gets too much and Rae breaks down in the cafeteria of her school. In front of all her friends and classmates.
While Rae's world crumbles down, she fears to end up like her mother. Insane, locked up. But with the help of true friends she discovers, that she is not cursed, but gifted and that she has not...more
One day Rae starts to hear things. Words and thoughts, but not her thoughts or her words. Whenever she touches something she hears the thought of someone else.
It gets too much and Rae breaks down in the cafeteria of her school. In front of all her friends and classmates.
While Rae's world crumbles down, she fears to end up like her mother. Insane, locked up. But with the help of true friends she discovers, that she is not cursed, but gifted and that she has not...more
I’ve read this series twice. The first time was in high school and I remembered I had really enjoyed it, but I never completely finished it… For some reason my library doesn’t have the middle books. The second time I read this was after college and I completed the whole series. Overall I like the simplicity of this series, it is by no means complex but they story is concrete and entertaining and the characters are developed excellently.
The first book starts with Rae, who might be going crazy, sh...more
The first book starts with Rae, who might be going crazy, sh...more
I loved this book from the beginning to the end. Had to stay up late just to finish it. Rae and everyone thinks shes crazy with hearing voices in her head. I love the way she eventually figures out, throughtout the book, exactly what is going on. The end had me looking franticly in my nook for the next nook
It might be lame but I really liked the concept of this book: young girl who can hear what the last person who touched something thought. She's trying to be normal in high school; it sort of reminded me of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, to be quite honest.
The concept was great but I didn't really like the book - at least not enough to want to read the rest of the series.
I don't say it's not a good book, it probably is, but I couldn't relate to the characters and I couldn't get into the story as I wished.
I don't say it's not a good book, it probably is, but I couldn't relate to the characters and I couldn't get into the story as I wished.
Very interesting series. I read the first one and bought all 6 of the others. Although short there is a lot of character development and action packed into this novel. I enjoyed the unique paranormal aspect and the writing style.
I read this about 10 years ago, but I remember not only really liking it but eagerly awaiting the next installments in the series :) So, definitly a good read for kids, I'm not sure however how i would feel about a re-read ...
The only thing i didn't like about the book was that the main character, Rae, went on and on and on about being nuts/insane for 150+ pages. But I liked her as a character and I am def going to read the next book, cause it looks like a good storyline. Especially now that all the beginning 'get to know the characters & their dilemas' has been put on the table.
Melinda Metz isn't an exceptional writer. But I loved Fingerprints and Roswell High because sometimes you just need some good ol' frivolous reads when you're a kid. That and I really enjoyed the premise of the series.
Rue had a nervace breakdown AND she thinks she gone crazy because her mother did something awful. She keeps getting these voices that aren't her own. Soon someone almost kills her in this amazing adventure!
I randomly picked this up when I wasn't finding anything , I didn't think I'd actually like it , but I really did ! I read the first two and just realized there were like 7 in the series so now I want the rest !
This was good, we found at Goodwill when we first move back & I read it the first day....then I read it agian like last year. I really recommend it!
Metz has achieved a rarity by authoring an inspired and new take on a science-esque fiction. The ways of the paranormal in Metz' creation is astoundingly original. The back stories for each character is a little sluggish and overly-written at times, however, they fit very well into the culture created.
Endearing characters and original (to my experience) premise. Catchy writing. Realistic set-up of characters and plot.
Keren banget.
Gak nyangka ada ide cerita kek gitu. keren keren. Salut ma pengarangnya. Gak bs ketebak jalan ceritanya.
Gak nyangka ada ide cerita kek gitu. keren keren. Salut ma pengarangnya. Gak bs ketebak jalan ceritanya.
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loved this book, unfortunately the series for me is incomplete because the books were very hard to get a hold of.
a short well written and fun read. liked everything about the book and well happily read the next book.
Can't remember if the book series came first or the show Roswell came first, but I like the show better.
A real nail bitter. But I loved it! Warning: might not be for those sensative to crude language.
It's good enough to be loved by teenage girls.
I grew up on this series! I loved them!
Awesome Book!! I love it!!
loved it!!
Awesome Book! I love It!!
I picked up this series secondhand and had a burst of reading through this series.
A great little paranormal mystery for YA's. Rae's ability to hear things through touch has screwed up her life making her an outcast in school. She finally agrees to attend a support group and things start to look up a little... and then someone tries to kill her.
Really glad I had the others in the series to read after this as this was a quick fix for me.
A great little paranormal mystery for YA's. Rae's ability to hear things through touch has screwed up her life making her an outcast in school. She finally agrees to attend a support group and things start to look up a little... and then someone tries to kill her.
Really glad I had the others in the series to read after this as this was a quick fix for me.
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Melinda Metz grew up in San Jose, California. People sometimes ask if she knows the way there. She kinda does, but she has an off-kilter sense of direction, so to be confident of arriving, it's better to consult some kind of navigational device.
Her mother tried to teach her to read in kindergarten, but Melinda had no interest. She also had no interest in learning to write her name. (FYI, when Meli...more
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Her mother tried to teach her to read in kindergarten, but Melinda had no interest. She also had no interest in learning to write her name. (FYI, when Meli...more
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