Starbird has spent the first 16 years of her life on a commune in the woods of Washington State, so when she gets her Calling to become a waitress at the farm's satellite restaurant in Seattle, it means leaving behind the only place she's ever known and entering the World Outside. Simultaneous eBook.
Celia, hurt by her parents' separation, the loss of her friend, and a classmate's cruelty, has only her poetry for solace until Drake Berlin befriends her, comes out to her, and seeks her help in connecting with the boy he left behind.
... Caroline B., 77, 78 Cooperation, 20–22, 98–100 Cooper, Floyd, 17 Cooper, Michael L.,27,34,91,180–82 Corruption,80–82, 105–8,166 Courage: captivity,69–71, 82–85; disaster, 98–102; discrimination, 30–34; family, 89–91,115–17,150–52; ...
Karen Finneyfrock is the author of two young adult novels, The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door, and, Starbird Murphy and the World Outside, both published by Viking Children's Books. Her second book of poems, Ceremony for the Choking Ghost, ...
Karen Finneyfrock is the author of two novels for young adults, The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door and Starbird Murphy and the World Outside (Viking Children's Books). She is also the author of the poetry collection, Ceremony for the ...
-Paul Constant, editor The Stranger If you've never enjoyed poetry once in your whole life-if even the word "poetry" makes you want to fall asleep, or die-you should read Karen Finneyfrock's new book of poetry, Ceremony for the Choking ...
Elliot's parents love him very much, but all is not well.
This is a story about love, but not the kind of love you think.
Epic, funny, and sweepingly romantic, The Last True Poets of the Sea is an astonishing debut about the strength it takes to swim up from a wreck.
Find true love? Perhaps only their feisty pet crow, Habib, truly knows. Provoking interesting questions about the creative process, this novel is by turns funny, scary, witty, suspenseful, beautiful, thrilling, and unexpected.
This Newbery Honor book about a girl who has never known family fighting for her first true home “will leave readers . . . satisfied” (Kirkus Reviews).