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Miles from Ordinary

A Novel

Author: Carol Lynch Williams

Miles from Ordinary

Miles from Ordinary

$11.99

About This Book

"Imagine Anna Quindlen or Sue Miller turning her attention to writing a young adult novel, and you have an idea what [Williams] has done for early teen readers…" --Audrey Couloumbis, author of...

Page Count
208
Genre
On Sale
03/15/2011
Age Range
12-18

Book Details

"Imagine Anna Quindlen or Sue Miller turning her attention to writing a young adult novel, and you have an idea what [Williams] has done for early teen readers…" --Audrey Couloumbis, author of the Newbery Honor Book Getting Close to Baby

Thirteen-year-old Lacey wakes to a beautiful summer morning excited to begin her new job at the library, just as her mother is supposed to start work at the grocery store. Lacey hopes that her mother's ghosts have finally been laid to rest; after all, she seems so much better these days, and they really do need the money. But as the hours tick by and memories come flooding back, a day full of hope spins terrifyingly out of control....
"No one can get inside the head and heart of a 13-year-old girl better than Carol Lynch Williams, and I mean no one," said James S. Jacobs, Professor of Children's Literature at Brigham Young University, of her breakout novel, The Chosen One. Now this award-winning YA author brings us an equally gripping story of a girl who loves her mother, but must face the truth of what life with that mother means for both of them.

Imprint Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

ISBN

9781429966580

In The News

“Absorbing....[Williams] has crafted both a riveting, unusual suspense tale and an absolutely convincing character in Lacey. The book truly is miles from ordinary, in the very best way. Outstanding.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“In a novel spanning a mere 24 hours, Williams takes readers on an emotional roller-coaster ride....Poignant.” —Publishers Weekly

“Gripping....Provocatively dark and at times downright scary, this novel will have readers rushing to the unforeseen, achingly authentic conclusion.” —Booklist

“A powerful and heartbreaking novel of love and hope.” —Meg Cabot, New York Times bestselling author of The Princess Diaries and Airhead, on The Chosen One

“Fiction can offer emotional truth where other tools fail.... Williams unveils life among the Chosen with spare, evocative writing and an honest sense of character that helps bridge the rift between Kyra's world and ours.... The cinematic drama of her life...is a means to reach a quieter truth, revealing that moment in childhood when you recognize your thoughts as your own and discover forces in the world that your parents cannot--or will not--protect you from.” —The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) on The Chosen One

“Intensely gripping and grippingly intense.” —Kirkus Reviews on The Chosen One

“Extraordinary....The Chosen One is brave, its plumb is true, it's a masterpiece.” —Kathi Appelt, author of the National Book Award finalist The Underneath, on The Chosen One

“Makes the heart race, the teeth grind, and the brow bead up in sweat.” —Gregory Maguire, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked and A Lion Among Men, on The Chosen One

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Miles from Ordinary

Miles from Ordinary

$11.99