Glimpse

English

ISBN: 1416997318

EAN: 9781416997313

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Family / Parents/Juvenile Fiction / Stories In Verse/Juvenile Fiction / Family / Siblings/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Suicide/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

Release Date: 05/03/2012

Age Range: 14-null

Synopsis: Williams (The Chosen One) opens her latest novel with a bang--almost. Written in spare yet resonant verse (Last night/ me and Lizzie/ sit/ in the dark,/ sit on my bed,/ in the quiet of/ night./ Were all grown up,/ I think./ But we are/ having us some/ troubles), the book is told from the unreliable perspective of 12-year-old Hope, whose 14-year-old sister, Lizzie, threatens to shoot herself on page one. Lizzie is hauled off to a mental hospital, but the reason behind the suicide attempt remains unclear--even to Hope. As the story progresses, clues about the girls upbringing are revealed in a series of flashbacks. Hopes memories paint a picture of sporadic sisterly bonding (secret club meetings in the attic, lip-synching to Jesus Christ Superstar), while other incidents (their fathers death, Lizzies crying spells, their alcoholic mothers abusive temper and prostitution) hint at a darker reality. Williamss decision to wait until the end to divulge the cause of Lizzies misery is a gamble, but one that works. The truth-- exposed after Hope reads her sisters diary--is appalling. Ages 12?up. (June)

Glimpse

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.3 inches

Width: 5.0 inches

Length: 7.0 inches

Weight: 11.43 oz

Pages: 512