» undone http://www.bookendbabes.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:33:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Undone http://www.bookendbabes.com/2008/07/28/undone/ http://www.bookendbabes.com/2008/07/28/undone/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:00:11 +0000 malenalott http://www.athenasbookshelf.com/?p=355 Continue reading →]]> Undone by Brooke Taylor (debut)

First line: “My best friend Kori came with a warning label—a black t-shirt that read: ‘Don’t believe everything you hear about me.’”

Kori (the school’s “dark angel”) and quiet, straight-laced Serena become unlikely best friends, yet as bad as Kori likes to be, she acts as Serena’s protector and doesn’t want Serena getting drunk or smoking pot or messing around with boys. After a terrible accident, Serena decides to finish Kori’s five things she’d left “undone” as a part of a sociology assignment in school. Serena discovers not only why Kori became the rebel but why their friendship was so special. The author accomplishes to blend gritty, emotional material with moments of real humor. She nails high school and the caste system brilliantly. Taylor is definitely a new author to watch and recommend.

For: Teens going through any emotional upheaval – isn’t that all of them? – Malena Lott

Buy it at Amazon.

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Watch it here, on YouTube, and it’s permanent home on our A/B TV page. Good luck with UNDONE, Brooke! Total Running Time: 4:50

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Where Did I Leave My Glasses: The What, When, and Why of Normal Memory Loss by Martha Weinman Lear

Undone, a debut YA novel, by Brooke Taylor

The Summoning, a YA novel by Kelley Armstrong

The Gargoyle, a novel by Andrew Davidson

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