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Michaels, Rune
4 Reviews
(4)
YA
Traumatized by her past, her parents' deaths, and an abusive brother, a sixteen-year-old girl who calls herself Leia runs away to the zoo. There she finds refuge, the beginning of a friendship, and a break from her destructive cutting. The relief is short-lived, and there is little resolution in this harrowing (if occasionally confusing) psychological drama.
Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale
(4)
YA
Michaels's unnamed narrator struggles with the expectations inherent in being the offspring of a Nobel Prize–winning sperm donor while dealing with his manic-depressive mother's ups and downs. However, a disturbing discovery concerning his parentage forever changes their lives. Clipped narration serves to heighten tension, but the means by which the truth is revealed discredits the story's realism.
Reviewer: Randy Ribay
(3)
YA
After making a gruesome discovery in her father's lab--an android-style replica of her dead mother's head--Daisy gets caught between letting go of her mother and holding onto the next best thing. Michaels effectively blends elements of science fiction and teen angst to create a suspenseful and emotionally compelling depiction of grief and reconciliation.
Reviewer: Hannah Rodgers Barnaby
(3)
YA
Josh was a "designer baby," engineered to save his brother Max from cancer. When Max is jailed for murder, the victim's sister torments Josh as he and his parents slowly lose hope of Max's (and by extension, their own) innocence. The brothers' favorite computer game effectively embodies the examination of good and evil that drives this suspenseful character drama.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross
4 reviews
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