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Author: Louise Hawes ,
Katie Schorr
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9781504728614
ISBN 10: 1504728610
Publication Date: 31 May 2016
Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Narrator Katie Schorr's voice is soft as she begins Sarah Wheeler's first-person story. This gentleness conveys the meekness of a girl who is cowed by her boorish father, controlling mother, and domineering boyfriend...Schorr captures Baylor's melodic Southern tones, disarming charm, and growing tenderness toward Sarah..Schorr's excellent portrayals are crucial to a this character-driven novel. -- AudioFile Readers will find much to savor in this book, an inspiring redemption story and an ode to the transformative power of verse. -- Horn Book A rewarding character study [about] the power of creative expression. This is a tale of forgiveness, listening to the world, and looking beyond the surface. -- Booklist Hawes excels in crafting rounded characters with varied home situations teens can relate to...A tale of self-discovery well suited for art-inclined readers who feel themselves on the fringe. -- Kirkus Reviews A story about a girl learning to love the possibilities that come with independence: the chance to discover one's true self and desires, while forging a path forward that might fulfill them. -- Publishers Weekly [Sarah's] struggle with the decision to be true to herself is one that many teens will recognize. -- School Library Journal
Author Information
Louise Hawes has written books for readers of all ages, including Rosey in the Present Tense, Waiting for Christopher, The Vanishing Point, and Black Pearls. Her work has won awards from Bank Street College, the New Jersey Council on the Arts, the New York City Public Library, the Children's Book Council, IndieBound, the International Reading Association, and the Young Adult Library Services Association. Katie Schorr is an actor and writer in New York. Her one-woman show, Take Me. Seriously, ran for six months at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and she performs throughout New York in new works at the Ensemble Studio Theatre and Ars Nova, among other theaters. She has appeared on VH1's Best Week Ever and costars in the web series Head in the Oven with Saturday Night Live actor Bill Hader. Her audiobook credits include narrating the novels in Alyson Noel's bestselling Immortals series. Of her work on the series, AudioFile magazine has said, Narrator Katie Schorr has a wonderfully raspy, youthful voice, which she puts to good effect on the cast of teenage characters.
