| Tell Me Something Real Contributor(s): Devlin, Calla (Author) |
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ISBN: 148146115X ISBN-13: 9781481461153 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Parents - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Mental Illness - Young Adult Fiction | Performing Arts - Music |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2015039224 |
| Lexile Measure: 690 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.85 lbs) 304 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 186616 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Three sisters struggle with the bonds that hold their family together as they face a darkness settling over their lives in this masterfully written debut novel. There are three beautiful blond Babcock sisters: gorgeous and foul-mouthed Adrienne, observant and shy Vanessa, and the youngest and best-loved, Marie. Their mother is ill with leukemia and the girls spend a lot of time with her at a Mexican clinic across the border from their San Diego home so she can receive alternative treatments. Vanessa is the middle child, a talented pianist who is trying to hold her family together despite the painful loss that they all know is inevitable. As she and her sisters navigate first loves and college dreams, they are completely unaware that an illness far more insidious than cancer poisons their home. Their world is about to shatter under the weight of an incomprehensible betrayal... |
Contributor Bio(s): Devlin, Calla: - Calla Devlin is the author of William C. Morris Award finalist Tell Me Something Real. She's also a Pushcart nominee and winner of the Best of Blood and Thunder Award whose stories have been included in numerous literary journals and in anthologies, including Because I Love Her: 34 Women Writers Reflect on the Mother-Daughter Bond, for which she was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Magazine. Visit her at CallaDevlin.com. |