Lark
by:
Tracey Porter (author)
When sixteen-year-old Lark Austin is kidnapped from her Virginia hometown and left to die in a snowy forest, she leaves behind two friends who are stunned by the loss. As Lark's former best friend, Eve can't shake the guilt that this tragedy was somehow her fault. Meanwhile, Nyetta is haunted...
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When sixteen-year-old Lark Austin is kidnapped from her Virginia hometown and left to die in a snowy forest, she leaves behind two friends who are stunned by the loss. As Lark's former best friend, Eve can't shake the guilt that this tragedy was somehow her fault. Meanwhile, Nyetta is haunted each night by Lark's ghost, who comes through the bedroom window and begs Nyetta to set her soul free. Eve and Nyetta realize that Lark is trapped in limbo, and only by coming together to heal themselves will they discover why. Tracey Porter's stunning narrative about love and loss demonstrates that forgiveness can never come too late.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780061122873 (0061122874)
Publish date: May 24th 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
The bad: Way too short, or too slight even for its short page length. Characters aren't particularly complex; Nyetta is alternately too precocious and too much of a child, and Eve's trauma as a youth was glossed over. Lark is annoyingly moody as a ghost and not, and Ian seems to exist in the story s...
A dark, distinctive, haunting work of magical realism.
When sixteen-year-old Lark Austin is kidnapped from her Virginia hometown and left to die in a snowy forest, she leaves behind two friends who are stunned by the loss. As Lark's former best friend, Eve can't shake the guilt that this tragedy was somehow her fault. Meanwhile, Nyetta is haunted each n...
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