[bksvol-discuss] Just Submitted: Young Adult novel
- From: Marilyn <mmbeagle@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:43:07 -0400
Good evening, all.
I have just submitted:
THE EDGE OF NOWHERE [Intended to be the first in a Young Adult series]
by Elizabeth George
442 pages
Bookshare Conversion Score: 95
Long Synopsis: [NOTE: The "whispers" referred to below are in italics
throughout the book, interspersed sometimes in the middle of sentences.] The
first young adult book by a #1New York Times bestselling author. Whidbey
Island may be only a ferry ride from Seattle, but it's a world apart. When
Becca King arrives there, she doesn't suspect the island will become her home
for the next four years. Put at risk by her ability to hear "whispers"--the
thoughts of others--Becca is on the run from her stepfather, whose criminal
activities she has discovered. Stranded and alone, Becca is soon befriended by
Derric, a Ugandon orphan adopted by a local family; Seth, a kindhearted
musician and high school dropout; Debbie, a recovering alcoholic who takes her
in; and Diana, with whom Becca shares a mysterious psychic connection. This
compelling coming-of-age story, the first of an ongoing sequence of books set
on Whidbey Island, has elements of mystery, the paranormal, and romance.
Elizabeth George, bestselling author of the Inspector Lynley crime novels,
brings her elegant style, intricate plotting, incisive characterization, and
top-notch storytelling to her first book for teens.
Comments: Some slang -- c'n for "can" and Th' for "The" plus in' instead of
"ing" word endings (like bein', goin'). Pages and chapters have been counted.
Spell check has been completed. All proper nouns have verified spelling with
the printed book. This should be a really easy proof. Any questions, write to
me at mmbeagle@xxxxxxxxxx
Marilyn
mmbeagle@xxxxxxxxx
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we
learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick,
and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. (Buddha)
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