Hey bookworms, Welcome back to MYABL! Today, I am happy to reveal the cover of a upcoming YA read, Spark by author Holly Schindler! Check it out! All of the juicy details about this novel, as well as the author, are posted below. Keep reading for more. SPARK comes out next year (May 2016)! Make sure you add it to your Goodreads if you'd like to read it. Links for Goodreads and pre-orders are at the end of this post. I'm excited because it has the most amazing elements of Romeo and Juliet wound into it's blurb. Description: Holly Schindler’s Spark: When the right hearts come to the Avery Theater—at the right time—the magic will return. The Avery will come back from the dead. Or so Quin’s great-grandmother predicted many years ago on Verona, Missouri’s most tragic night, when Nick and Emma, two star-crossed teenage lovers, died on the stage. It was the night that the Avery’s marquee lights went out forever. It sounds like urban legend, but one that high school senior Quin is ...
Middle school changes everything for Elise. She loves her Uncle Hugh and Aunt Bess, who've taken care of her ever since her dad died when she was three. She never knew her mother, who died when she was born. She's always loved playing make believe with her best friend Franklin, but now she's starting to feel like she needs to grow up a bit. Her locker partner makes fun of her from day one and smashes her lunch in the locker every day. She can't get a handle on the homework either, and then even her home life gets disrupted when a distant relative and her baby move in. Everything seems off kilter. Then Elise finds a key with her name on it in the barn that unlocks an attic room, one of eight rooms that have always been off limits to Elise. The rooms and their contents, left for Elise by her dad before he died, are just what Elise needs to regain her bearings in her widening world.
This novel takes a while to get going, or so it seemed in the audio version. Another difficulty was distinguishing between Elise's thoughts and her statements as they were being narrated. It's probably fairly apparent in the text (italics or something like that), but wasn't in the audio. Still, the story is well worth the effort. Elise is a wholly realistic character who struggles with her perplexing feelings, especially about her best friend Franklin. The adults in her life, including her absent father, provide excellent guidance and the overall effect is touching and wise. Highly recommended for ages 9 & up.
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