| The Girl in the Mirror: A Novel in Poems and Journal Entries Contributor(s): Kearney, Meg (Author) |
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ISBN: 0892553855 ISBN-13: 9780892553853 Publisher: Persea Books OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Adoption - Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age - Young Adult Fiction | Novels In Verse |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011045052 |
| Series: Karen and Michael Braziller Books |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 8.1" (0.45 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Adoption |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lizzie McLane, the adopted poet-heroine of the widely acclaimed The Secret of Me, is now a high school senior, excited about her future: meeting boys, college, and finally finding her birthmother. Then, on the day a letter from her adoption agency arrives, her adoptive father unexpectedly dies. Lizzie, lost in grief, turns to alcohol and the wrong kind of friends, and her life begins to spiral out of control. Loved ones try to help, but only in her poems and journals can Lizzie make sense of the hurt and her relentless curiosity about her birthmother. I looked in the mirror . . . Who was that girl staring at me, blood on her blouse, black under her swollen eyes? I don't know you, I said out loud. I don't know you, she said back. The Girl in the Mirror is a story about love and identity--brave, vulnerable, and compelling. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kearney, Meg: - Meg Kearney is the author of The Secret of Me and The Girl in the Mirror. She has written two prize-winning poetry collections for adults and a critically acclaimed and popular picture book for children, Trouper (Scholastic). Before becoming founding director of the low-residency MFA at Pine Manor College (Chestnut Hlil, MA), Kearney was Assoc. Director of the National Book Foundation, sponsor of the National Book Awards, for 11 years. |