Chrysalis
1997
First Published
3.84
Average Rating
204
Number of Pages
Can Lara help Marna, the painfully shy new girl, emerge and spread her wings? First Lara must deal with her own feelings. Does she love the faithful Stan, her first ever boyfriend, or beautiful Jake, on the road with his Crimson River rock band? And how can she cope with the hated bully, Gowd Gadrey, who's back in town, awakening powerful memories?
Avg Rating
3.84
Number of Ratings
69
5 STARS
29%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
39%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
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Author
Libby Hathorn
Author · 21 books
Libby Hathorn is an Australian writer who produces poetry, picture books, drama, novels, short stories, and nonfiction for children, young adults, and adults. Best known in the United States for her critically acclaimed novel Thunderwith, Hathorn has created works ranging from serious stories of troubled youth to lighthearted, fast-paced comedies. She writes of powerful female characters in her novels for junior readers, such as the protagonists in All about Anna and The Extraordinary Magics of Emma McDade; or of lonely, misunderstood teenagers in novels such as Feral Kid, Love Me Tender, and Valley under the Rock. As Maurice Saxby noted in St. James Guide to Children's Writers, "In her novels for teenagers especially, Hathorn exposes, with compassion, sensitivity, and poetry the universal and ongoing struggle of humanity to heal hurts, establish meaningful relationships, and to learn to accept one's self—and ultimately—those who have wronged us."
