Awards

• Commended for Massachusetts Book Award (MassBook) (Children/Young Adult) 2009
• Commended for Tayshas Reading 2009
• Short-listed for Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award 2010
• Short-listed for Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers 2009

Overview

"For fans of Beautiful Creatures and Wicked Lovely comes this New York Times Bestselling modern fairy tale from National Book Award Finalist Nancy Werlin. Inspired by the classic folk ballad Scarborough Fair, this wonderfully riveting novel is rife with suspense, romance, and fantasy. Seventeen-year-old Lucy discovers that she is the latest recipient of a generations-old Elvin curse that requires women in her family to complete three impossible tasks or risk falling into madness and passing the curse on to the next generation. Unlike her ancestors, Lucy has the support of her fiercely protective adoptive parents, and her best friend Zach, whose friendship may be turning into something more. But do they have enough love and resolve to conquer this age-old evil? The Scarborough Girls story continues in Unthinkable and the companion novel Extraordinary. Teens, especially young women, will enjoy this romantic fairy tale with modern trappings. School Library Journal (starred review) Showcases the author s finesse at melding genres [with its] graceful interplay between wild magic and contemporary reality [and its] catapulting suspense. Booklist (starred review) The melding of magic and practicality produces a lovely whole. Kirkus (starred review) """

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A haunting, thrilling romantic puzzle. Just read it. --Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked * Werlin earns high marks for the tale's graceful interplay between wild magic and contemporary reality. -- Booklist, starred review* Modern logic and methodology mesh splendidly with fairy lore...The conclusion is startlingly wholesome, comfortable and complete ...the melding of magic and practicality produces a lovely whole. -- Kirkus, starred review * Teens, especially young women, will enjoy this romantic fairy tale with modern trappings. -- School Library Journal, starred review * Modern logic and methodology mesh splendidly with fairy lore...The conclusion is startlingly wholesome, comfortable and complete ...the melding of magic and practicality produces a lovely whole. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review Accolades for Impossible A New York Times bestsellerALA Best Book for YA School Library Journal Best Books of the Year Booklist Editor's Choice VOYA Editors' ChoiceIndieBound List (Top Ten)Many state and city awards (including. TX, GA, DC, KY, PA, and MA);

A haunting, thrilling romantic puzzle. Just read it. --Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked* Werlin earns high marks for the tale's graceful interplay between wild magic and contemporary reality. Booklist, starred review* Modern logic and methodology mesh splendidly with fairy lore...The conclusion is startlingly wholesome, comfortable and complete ...the melding of magic and practicality produces a lovely whole. Kirkus, starred review* Teens, especially young women, will enjoy this romantic fairy tale with modern trappings. School Library Journal, starred review* Modern logic and methodology mesh splendidly with fairy lore...The conclusion is startlingly wholesome, comfortable and complete ...the melding of magic and practicality produces a lovely whole. Kirkus Reviews, starred review Accolades for Impossible A New York Times bestsellerALA Best Book for YASchool Library Journal Best Books of the YearBooklist Editor's ChoiceVOYA Editors ChoiceIndieBound List (Top Ten)Many state and city awards (including. TX, GA, DC, KY, PA, and MA);

A haunting, thrilling romantic puzzle. Just read it. --Gregory Maguire, author of <i>Wicked</i>* Werlin earns high marks for the tale's graceful interplay between wild magic and contemporary reality. <i>Booklist</i>, starred review* Modern logic and methodology mesh splendidly with fairy lore...The conclusion is startlingly wholesome, comfortable and complete ...the melding of magic and practicality produces a lovely whole. <i>Kirkus, starred review</i>* Teens, especially young women, will enjoy this romantic fairy tale with modern trappings. <i>School Library Journal, starred review</i>* Modern logic and methodology mesh splendidly with fairy lore...The conclusion is startlingly wholesome, comfortable and complete ...the melding of magic and practicality produces a lovely whole. <i>Kirkus Reviews, starred review</i> <b>Accolades for Impossible </b> A <i>New York Times </i>bestsellerALA Best Book for YA<i>School Library Journal</i> Best Books of the Year<i>Booklist</i> Editor's Choice<i>VOYA </i>Editors ChoiceIndieBound List (Top Ten)Many state and city awards (including. TX, GA, DC, KY, PA, and MA);

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"Nancy Werlin has written eight previous acclaimed novels, including National Book Award Finalist The Rules of Survival and Edgar Award Winner The Killer s Cousin. She and her husband live near Boston, Massachusetts."""

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