Hi skippy,

Thanks for your response. I found The Outcast very sad in places but never depressing. I think this was because both Lewis and Kit are fighters and not the pathetic creatures we meet all too often in what I call ‘misery guts stories’! (Sorry, if I seem harsh here.) Also, at times the narrative focuses on characters other than Lewis and Kit, for example, Lewis’s stepmother and Kit’s father – there is so much happening from the first page to the last! I hope that you enjoy the book as much as I did (and also your holiday!).