lauren Myracle Brings Her Keen Understanding Of Teen Dynamics To A Hypnotic Horror Story Of Twisted Friendship.
when Bliss’s Hippie Parents Leave The Commune And Dump Her At The Home Of Her Aloof Grandmother In A Tony Atlanta Neighborhood, It’s Like Being Set Down On An Alien Planet. The Only Guide Naïve Bliss Has To Her New Environment Is What She’s Seen On The Andy Griffith Show. But Mayberry Is Poor Preparation For Crestview Academy, An Elite School Where The Tensions Of The Present And The Dark Secrets Of The Past Threaten To Simmer Into Violence. Openhearted, Naïve Bliss Is Happy To Be Friends With Anyone. That’s Not The Way It Has Ever Worked At Crestview, And Soon Bliss Is At The Center Of A Struggle For Power Between Three Girls—two Living And One Long Dead.
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catering To Teens With A Taste For Horror, This Carefully Plotted Occult Thriller Set In 1969-1970 Combines Genre Staples With Creepy Period Particulars. Raised On A Commune, 14-year-old Bliss Inthemorningdew Has Been Dumped By Her Hippie Parents With Her Grandmother, A Disapproving Atlanta Matriarch Who Promptly Enrolls Her At The Prestigious Crestview Academy. As Bliss Watches the Andy Griffith Show For Its Insights Into Conventional Interactions (dialogue From The Show And Other Ephemera Separate The Book's Short Chapters), She Observes The Social Scene With Fascination And Confusion, Understanding Neither The Pull Of The Most Popular Girl Nor The Taboos Against The Class Pariah (fans Of rhymes With Witches Will Recognize One Of The Girls). Meanwhile, She Keeps Receiving Extrasensory Messages From Spirits. Interspersed With Bliss's First-person Narrative Are Sinister Journal Entries From A Student Identified Only By Her Initials, And These Eventually Dovetail With Rumors About A Long-ago Suicide Or Murder At Crestview. Myracle Throws In The Charles Manson Family Murders, Racism, Ghosts, Blood Sacrifices And Prom Queens-and, Remarkably, Supports This Outré Mix With Clever Timing And Well-placed Red Herrings. Ages 14-up. (sept.)
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- Teen & Young Adult
- Mysteries & Thrillers
- Mystery & Detective
- Mysteries & Thrillers
Publisher : Amulet Books
Author : Myracle, Lauren
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2008-09-01
Number Of Pages : 464
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0810970716
ISBN-13 : 9780810970717
Item weight : 1.45 lb
Dimensions : 1.7 in x 5.8 in x 8.3 in
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