I love books that take place somewhere I have lived. So this week's book ...
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski, that takes place in Chicago is especially intriguing to me.
Darcy Jones doesn't remember anything before the day she was abandoned
as a child outside a Chicago firehouse. She has never really belonged
anywhere - but she couldn't have guessed that she comes from an
alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire didn't happen and deadly
creatures called Shades terrorize the human population. Memories begin
to haunt Darcy when a new boy arrives at her high school, and he makes
her feel both desire and desired in a way she hadn't thought possible.
But Conn's interest in her is confusing. It doesn't line up with the way
he first looked at her. As if she were his enemy. When Conn betrays
Darcy, she realizes that she can't rely on anything - not herself, not
the laws of nature, and certainly not him. Darcy decides to infiltrate
the Shadow Society and uncover the Shades' latest terrorist plot. What
she finds out will change her world forever...
For a chance to win this book, tell me about a time you didn't feel you belonged, and how you coped
Winner will be selected with Random Number Generator
on Thursday January 10, 2013. Be sure to leave a name with your entry,
and check back to see if you won. To win you must be a teen (6th-12th
grade, or 12-18) who uses a Sno-Isle Library.
4 comments:
I felt like I didn't belong when I spent the night at my uncle's house, I hardly ever see him. I coped by reading, watching TV and listening to conversation that I contributed to when I could.
~Kenna
I have family from all over the world, and sometimes its hard to say that I belong one place, in one community. As a child and teen, I had a hard time coming to terms that I am a product of my own community rather than someone stretched thin across multiple continents. But now, I've accepted that my own identity can consist of both a local perspective and a much larger worldview!
I didn't feel like I belonged when I participated in a high school play. Everybody was highschoolers except for me and two other teens my age. I coped by hanging with the two other teens and just having fun! ;)
This week's winner is Cordelia. Please email me at teens@sno-isle.org, so I can send the book to your teen librarian for you to pick up!
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