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Carleson, J. C.
2 Reviews
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YA
Readers who are fascinated by unreliable narrators will find much to discuss in this novel, which focuses on young people supporting themselves by participating in increasingly damaging pharmaceutical trials. Narrated by Audie, who has her own motivations for wanting to make money this way, the book's short chapters grow increasingly cryptic as the effects of the drugs compound and distort Audie's reality.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl
(2)
YA
After her father, the king of an unnamed Middle Eastern country, is assassinated, Laila, her mother, and brother find themselves living in a DC suburb, rescued by the CIA from certain death in exchange for Laila's mother's cooperation. The author, a former undercover CIA officer, tells a suspenseful story in which Laila, surrounded by lies, risks everything to do what's right. Reading list, websites.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander
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March, 2014
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