An Unkindness of Ravens

An Unkindness Of Ravens is the novel written by Lucas Scott. The book was a large success and Lucas became known for as an author. The first person Lucas gave his book to was Glenda Farrell and this was followed by Peyton Sawyer and the rest of his friends. However, it is believed Karen Roe first found the book to get an edition bound ready for his graduation. The book was later recognized by director Julian Baker. It was eventually brought into production for a film, but was unsucsessfully made into a film which never made it into production.

Plot

The content of the book consisted of the events he encountered during his high school life. The book follows the life of Lucas Scott including his love life with both Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer, the friendship between himself and Haley James Scott, the close relationships he forms between his mother Karen Roe and half brother Nathan Scott as well as chronicles the final years of Keith Scott and the rise and fall of his evil father Dan Scott.

Basis

The book is based on Lucas' real life and the book chronicles his final two years of high school, the emotions he felt and the hopes and dreams of himself as well as his fellow students. It is overall based on his love life with his high school girlfriend and future wife Peyton Sawyer. The book was written during his years at high school, written as they happened and written exactly who he felt at the time. Lucas kept writing during his hook ups and break ups with his girlfriends as well as during harder times such as the death of his uncle and happier times such as the birth of his half brother's child and win of the State Championship. The book was published by first time publisher Lindsey Strauss. She believed in the book and the pair took on the book together, editing it into a success and eventually forming a relationship together.

Further Production

The novel was so successful that it caught the attention of Julian Baker. He convinced Lucas to begin producing it as a film. Although the production seemed to be going well, with Lucas writing the playscript and working collabratively with the director, the film was unsuccessful and failed to meet completion in the production process.

Lucas's novel was furthered on with his second novel The Comet. Although this novel was not as successful as his original, Lucas has become a well known author.

Extracts

• ’Lucas I’m so proud of you, your words are wonderful. Don’t be afraid to share them with the world, follow through and finish this. Remember, there is a tide in the affairs of men.’ It’s Julius Caesar”
  • The message written in the first bound edition of the novel, written by Karen Roe and given to Lucas Scott as a present for graduating high school

• ”She was fiercely independent, Brooke Davis. Brilliant and beautiful and brave. In two years, she had grown more than anyone I had ever known. Brooke Davis is going to change the world someday, and I’m not sure she even knows it”

• Suddenly, it was as if the roar of the crowd, the echo of the final buzzer, the cheers of my teammates were all sounding from a thousand miles away. And what remained in that bizarre, muffled silence was only Peyton, the girl whose art and passion and beauty had changed my life. At that moment, my triumph was not a state championship, but simple clarity. The realization that we had always been meant for each other and every instinct to the contrary had simply been a denial of the following truth. I was now, and would always be, in love with Peyton Sawyer’

• Chapter Three. Peyton Sawyer is destined for greatness. Actually, she already is great. Because Peyton Sawyer has a thing called intergrety. And nothing or no one is ever going to change that"

Trivia

• The novel's title An Unkindness Of Ravens is first quoted by Lucas to Haley in Pilot and later in Lucas' closing voiceover in The Games That Play Us
• During the years between her seperation from Lucas and her return to Tree Hill, Peyton Sawyer bought a copy of the book everytime she saw it. She stopped buying them not long after returning home, after discovering Lucas and Lindsey were engaged. She then burned her entire collection.
• It is believed the first four seasons of One Tree Hill catalogues the content of the book
• Rachel and Lucas's encounter on the River Court was written into the novel, and can be found on page 88. ("Hold My Hand As I'm Lowered")