Luke Loaghan's Worlds Apart is a wonderful new world take on the classic Greek myth, “Orpheus and Eurydice.” The book tells the story of David, who is wrapping up his senior year of high school at the very competitive Stanton High in Brooklyn. Worlds Apart is full of typical teenage angst and David, realizing that his insecurities are holding him back from what he wants most. David writes sports for the school newspaper, and is a very talented guitar player. Also, he experiences things that most teens don't, including an average of nine deaths at his school per year, rivaling gangs, and backward personalities.
Worlds Apart is an intelligent coming-of-age story, carefully crafted in a highly interesting light. It is a story of young love, found in Delancey, a girl for whom David patiently waits, and with whom he finally begins a relationship. David and Delancey soon discover the differences in their separate worlds. Loaghan captures the very essence of both normal and abnormal high school experiences, and seamlessly ties them in with the Greek myth beautifully. Worlds Apart is also set in the eighties, presenting a very interesting story line that is highly enjoyable, and at the same time it is full of substance. The problems of American teenagers are at once truly timeless and era-specific, and this story really reiterates that fact.
People of all ages will relate to Worlds Apart because everyone has or will experience at least one of the circumstances depicted in this book. Full of heart and harsh realities to which teenagers are sometimes subjected, this is the kind of book that will never grow old or irrelevant in theme. Loaghan wrote a wonderful story from which everyone can enjoy and learn. To be sure, this one will thoroughly entertain from cover-to-cover.
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