Month: May 2011

{Love, Star Girl: Jerry Spinelli}

{Love, Star Girl: Jerry Spinelli}

{Synopsis} – LOVE, STARGIRL picks up a year after Stargirl ends and reveals the new life of the beloved character who moved away so suddenly at the end of Stargirl. The novel takes the form of “the world's longest letter,” in diary form, going from date to date through a little more than a year's […]

Posted May 24, 2011 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Star Girl: Jerry Spinelli}

{Star Girl: Jerry Spinelli}

{Synopsis} –From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, hallways hum “Stargirl.” She captures Leo Borlock’s heart with one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted. Until they are not. Leo urges her to become the very thing […]

Posted May 19, 2011 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{The Lovely Bones: Alice Sebold}

{The Lovely Bones: Alice Sebold}

{Synopsis} – The Lovely Bones is the story of a family devastated by a gruesome murder — a murder recounted by the teenage victim. Upsetting, you say? Remarkably, first-time novelist Alice Sebold takes this difficult material and delivers a compelling and accomplished exploration of a fractured family's need for peace and closure. The details of […]

Posted May 15, 2011 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments