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| Original Title: | The Blue Girl |
| ISBN: | 0142405450 (ISBN13: 9780142405451) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Newford #15 |
| Characters: | Jilly Coppercorn, Christy Riddell, Geordie Riddell, Cerin Songweaver, Saskia Madding, Christiana Tree, Isabelle Copley, Janey Little, Felix Gavin, Grace Quintero, Max Trader, Zeffy Lacerda |
| Setting: | Newford |
| Literary Awards: | World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2002), Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award Nominee (2005), White Pine Award (2006), Prix Aurora Award for Best Work in English (1988) |
Charles de Lint
Paperback | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 3.93 | 9516 Users | 471 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Blue Girl (Newford #15) |
| Author | : | Charles de Lint |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | April 6th 2006 by Firebird (first published October 4th 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Urban Fantasy. Fiction. Paranormal |
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Seventeen-year-old Imogene's tough, rebellious nature has caused her more harm than good—so when her family moves to Newford, she decides to reinvent herself. She won't lose her punk/thrift-shop look, but she'll try to avoid the gangs, work a little harder at school, and maybe even stay out of trouble for a change. But trouble shows up anyway. Imogene quickly catches the eye of Redding's bullies, as well as the school's resident teen ghost. Then she gets on the wrong side of a gang of malicious fairies. When her imaginary childhood friend, Pelly, actually manifests, Imogene realizes that the impossible is all too real. And it's dangerous. If she wants to survive high school—not to mention stay alive—she has to fall back on the skills she picked up in her hometown, running with a gang. Even with Maxine and some unexpected allies by her side, will her new friend be able to make it?Rating Out Of Books The Blue Girl (Newford #15)
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Charles de Lint is one of my favorite authors, for his infusion of magic and fantasy into everyday modern cityscapes. Having recently read and enjoyed The Cats of Tanglewood Forest, it was an unexpected treat to discover an uncorrected bound proof of The Blue Girl in my favorite second-hand bookstore. Complete review at http://cynthiaparkhill.blogspot.com/2...
I read (and adored) this book years and years ago, and just now realised it's by Charles de Lint, set in the very same world I fell in love with a few weeks ago thanks to his beautiful Dreams Underfoot. The adoration hasn't faded with time, or with re-reading (as so often happens with childhood favourites) and this book is making it's way to my "all-time favourites" list. Now - here comes the love letter (my apologies, I can't help but wax a little lyrical with books like this!) The characters
When people ask me what my favourite book is my default answer is The Blue Girl. One of my first experiences with urban fantasy I found The Blue Girl to be the perfect combination of weird and wonderful. I'm sure that in the coming years I will re-read this book to see if it holds up to my previous experience and when that happens I'll be sure to give it a proper review. In the meantime, I highly recommend you check out Charles de Lint. His Newford series is really interesting and worth it for
I love a book that takes an familiar trope and turns it on its ear. Forget what you know from other books about fairies; Charles de Lint's fairies aren't particularly beautiful, but they are a little bit wicked. I loved the way he mixed elements from fantasy, science fiction, even horror to create his world. The characters are realistic and believable, and the issues they deal with are real as much as they are fantastic. Bullying, oppressive parents, parents who don't care enough, image and
I think I gave this book a fair enough chance by reading almost 200 pages in, but ultimately I couldn't finish it. Perhaps it's because this in in a series (which I never even knew before picking up this book). Or maybe it's just the authors writing style, but I didn't like it at all. I found it very uninteresting, especially with a book that obviously had a lot going on, I felt it was rather boring. I didn't care much for the characters either and the dialogue was kind of strange to me, and I
A real rarity: a speculative fiction book where the characters are so vividly drawn and compelling that it would have been worth reading without any of the supernatural stuff. As it is, the realism of the high school setting (well, except for the ghost, but you know what I mean) and the characters helps to sell the dark and strange supernatural elements. This is both really fun and really good. I highly recommend it.
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