The Lives of Desperate Girls
$37.80
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2017
Summary
One small, northern community. Two girls gone – one missing, the other dead. A riveting coming-of-age debut young adult novel for fans of We Were Liars and All the Bright Places.
Sixteen-year-old Helen Commanda is found dead just outside Thunder Creek, Ontario. Her murder goes unremarked, except for the fact that it may shed light on the earlier disappearance of Chloe Shaughnessy. Chloe is beautiful, rich, and white. Helen is plain and from the reservation. They had …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143198710 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143198718 |
| Author: | MacKenzie Common |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 417g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 147mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
One of CCBC’S Best Books for Kids & Teens (2018)“3.5⁄4… Common has created a powerful story about the quiet racism that exists in many small towns and asks readers to consider why one life is less important than another. Highly recommended for study in high school classrooms.” –CM Magazine“Jenny’s voice is painful in its brutal honesty and her palpably felt helplessness, and there are layers of tragedy here that bring her to the realization that safe is merely another word for lucky.” –The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
About The Author
MacKenzie Common
Mackenzie Common is twenty-five years old. Born in Newfoundland, she grew up in a succession of university towns (the family business, as she calls it) across Canada. She spent her adolescent years in Northern Ontario, which fundamentally shaped who she is today. She is currently working on her third degree, a Masters in Law at the University of Cambridge. This is her first novel.
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