Waiting on Wednesday was started by Jill over at Breaking the Spine. ^^
Today's pick:
Palace Beautiful by Sarah DeFord Williams (I kind of stole the image of the page from the Penguin catalog, from Sarah's post about it. I couldn't find a picture of just the cover. o.o)
Palace Beautiful by Sarah DeFord Williams (I kind of stole the image of the page from the Penguin catalog, from Sarah's post about it. I couldn't find a picture of just the cover. o.o)
description (from the tenners site)
Thirteen year old artist Sadie Evelyn Brooks moves from Texas to Salt Lake City with her father, her pregnant step mother and her little sister Zuzu. Sadie befriends her thirteen year old neighbor Kristen Smith (who goes by Belladonna Desolation--Bella for short). Together Sadie, Bella and Zuzu find a secret attic room with a hidden journal. The journal was written by a girl named Helen White who lived in the house during the 1918 Influenza epidemic. The girls form a little club and read the journal in installments and set out on a quest to find Helen--living or dead. Helen's journal story mirrors Sadie's struggles as she fears for the safety of her step mother while the pregnancy advances.
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Sekrit rooms? Crazy neighbors? (You have to be crazy to go by Belladonna Desolation.) Journals by ~historical~ people? (love historical stuff!). And for some reason when I see this cover/description I think of Zilpha Keatley Synder. I do not know why, but it's fine by me because I LOVE Zilpha Keatley Synder. The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid, and The Witches of Worm were so my books in 6th grade. Also, Sarah is a Tenner! Yay Tenners! And she's the only Tenner named Sarah. I guess the Debs took all the Sarahs and left only one for 2010?
Released April 15, 2010.
Thirteen year old artist Sadie Evelyn Brooks moves from Texas to Salt Lake City with her father, her pregnant step mother and her little sister Zuzu. Sadie befriends her thirteen year old neighbor Kristen Smith (who goes by Belladonna Desolation--Bella for short). Together Sadie, Bella and Zuzu find a secret attic room with a hidden journal. The journal was written by a girl named Helen White who lived in the house during the 1918 Influenza epidemic. The girls form a little club and read the journal in installments and set out on a quest to find Helen--living or dead. Helen's journal story mirrors Sadie's struggles as she fears for the safety of her step mother while the pregnancy advances.
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Sekrit rooms? Crazy neighbors? (You have to be crazy to go by Belladonna Desolation.) Journals by ~historical~ people? (love historical stuff!). And for some reason when I see this cover/description I think of Zilpha Keatley Synder. I do not know why, but it's fine by me because I LOVE Zilpha Keatley Synder. The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid, and The Witches of Worm were so my books in 6th grade. Also, Sarah is a Tenner! Yay Tenners! And she's the only Tenner named Sarah. I guess the Debs took all the Sarahs and left only one for 2010?
Released April 15, 2010.
Thanks for this! I actually haven't heard of Zilpha Keatley Snyder. I just checked her out and her covers do look like Palace Beautiful. I'll have to read her books, they look like something I might like.
ReplyDeleteI hope you love the book! I wish it was April 15 already. :)
-Sarah DeFord Williams
It'll be released on my birthday, and it sounds awesome! I'm not a big fan of historical fiction, but I'd like to read this one :o)
ReplyDeleteBelladonna Desolation, huh? Kind of makes me wonder if the other children go by Nightshade or something like. Sounds interesting...I'll keep my eye out for it!
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