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808 pp.
| Abrams/Amulet |
October, 2006 |
TradeISBN 0-8109-7060-0$19.95
(2)
YA
In this ambitious fictional memoir, nineteen-year-old Cordelia is assembling a book about herself as a gift for her soon-to-be-born daughter. Cordelia renders her adolescence with detail and immediacy, and while the novel, which employs a variety of forms, is a bit tricked out, it's warm in feeling, with an ending that will surprise readers with just how invested they have become.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2006