| Gossip of the Starlings Contributor(s): de Gramont, Nina (Author) |
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ISBN: 1565126769 ISBN-13: 9781565126763 Publisher: Algonquin Books OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: When Catherine Morrow is admitted to the Esther Percy School for Girls, it's on the condition that she reform her ways. But that's before the charismatic and beautiful Skye Butterfield chooses Catherine for her best friend, in this chilling portrait of an adolescent seduced into ruin by an unrelenting peer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.48" W x 8.24" (0.69 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 123830 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The book soars . . . A transfixing confessional about the secret lives of dangerous girls." --Kirkus When Catherine Morrow is admitted to the Esther Percy School for Girls, it's on the condition that she reform her ways. But that's before the beautiful and charismatic Skye Butterfield, daughter of the famous Senator Butterfield, chooses Catherine for her best friend. Skye is in love with danger and the thrill of breaking rules, taking risks, and crossing boundaries, no matter the stakes. The problem is, the stakes keep getting higher, and Catherine can neither resist Skye nor stop her from taking down everyone around her. De Gramont's chilling novel is a portrait of the seductions of adolescence in all their beauty and terror. Caught in this alluring world, the girls of Esther Percy are optimistic and willful, loving and selfish, daring and cruel--all the while believing they're utterly indestructible. |
Contributor Bio(s): de Gramont, Nina: - Nina de Gramont is the author of the story collection Of Cats and Men, which was a Book Sense selection and won a Discovery Award from the New England Booksellers Association. Her first novel, Gossip of the Starlings, was also a Book Sense pick. She is the coeditor of an anthology called Choice and the author of several young adult novels. She teaches in the MFA program at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Find her at www.ninadegramont.com. |