Thursday, May 21, 2009

2009 book 105

Sara Shepard's The Visibles
How to describe this book to make it sound as awesome as it is? There's a dysfunctional family--a severely depressed father, a mother who's gone, a fairly weird brother, and the protagonist, a teenage girl obsessed with DNA and feeling out of place in school and life. Plus a wacky great-aunt in Western PA. But, you know, awesome! I really enjoyed these characters and their family relationships. The end maybe wrapped up a little quickly but I have no complaints. A. Shepard is apparently the author of a popular YA catty girl series (Pretty Little Liars) and I may try those out, since I really liked her narrative voice.

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