2008 National Book Award winner for her YA novel What I Saw and How I Lied, Judy Blundell is well known to Star Wars fans by her pseudonym, Jude Watson. Judy Blundell lives in Katonah, New York, with her husband and daughter. Among her forthcoming projects is Book #4 in the New York Times bestselling series, The 39 Clues. Her novel, Premonitions, was an ALA Reluctant Readers Best Picks and was chosen by the New York Public Library as a 2004 Best Books for the Teen Age.
Judy Blundell has written books for middle grade, young adult, and adult readers under several pseudonyms. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.A pseudonym used by Jude Watson. In many ways she becomes the adult in the group, motivated by truth and justice rather than greed or superficial appearances.- Sue Lloyd, Franklin High School Library, Livonia, MIĬopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
Yet it is Evie and her rapidly maturing perception of herself and those around her that carry the story. Blundell navigates this multidimensional plotline with unique, well-developed characters and insightful dialogue. It is during the ensuing hearing that Evie learns that adults, even those closest to her, are not always what they seem. When Joe insists on one last boat trip, Peter dies during a storm and Joe is accused of murder. Meanwhile pervading anti-Semitism sours the hotel deal, and the Graysons are forced out of Palm Beach. Evie's closeness to her mother will not permit her to acknowledge the affair even when it becomes impossible to deny. Joe's jealous distrust of his wife, established while he was at war in Europe, does not obviate the intimacy between Bev and Peter. Evie enjoys her outings with Peter and interprets her mother's insinuating presence as protective, when in reality Bev is having an affair with the younger man. Her budding interest in romance, while protectively discouraged by her parents, is actually encouraged by Arlene, who helps Evie develop a sense of style. When Peter, an army acquaintance of Joe's, appears, Evie is smitten by his charm and attention. There they meet Arlene and Tom Grayson, who lavish attention on the family and convince Joe to go into the hotel business with them. Grade 9 Up-In 1947, 15-year-old Evie, her mother, Bev, and her stepfather, Joe, leave Brooklyn for a vacation in Palm Beach, FL, during the off season.
0 kommentar(er)
