Jennifer Donnelly does it again... Well, this is technically her debut YA novel, but not the first one I read so... anyway, semantics!A Northern Light centres around small American country, and Mattie, who's a young woman yearning for more than her farming community can promise her. I liked Mattie a...
Title: A Northern LightAuthor: Jennifer DonnellyPublisher: HMH Books for Young ReadersPage Count: 408My Copy: HardbackSource: Public Library Report CardCharacters A-Plot A Setting B+ CharactersFirst off is Mattie Gokey, our protag. She's brilliant, especially for a young woman of the time who had...
A Northern Light is one of those books you come across every few years; the type of novel that buries itself in your heart from the first page and simply lingers in your thoughts for days, weeks, and even months afterward. Although I've probably read at least two books and three novellas since I set...
In A Northern Light author Jennifer Donnelly seemingly follows a recipe for an award-winning YA novel. Add one-part true crime, one-part coming of age, one-part romance. Mix in a clever but never kitschy framing device. And throw in a dash of racism and feminism. While these ingredients superficiall...
5 starsWhen I began A Northern Light, I had no idea what it was about, let alone that it was inspired by a real-life murder. I had recently finished listening to Revolution and since I enjoyed that, I decided to try out another one of Jennifer Donnelly's books. There was an audiobook of this on-ha...
Mattie talks of stories that leave one hopeful and dreamy with their happily ever after’s as opposed to those that leave one shaken. Hers is a little bit of both. There’s a dash of mystery then some romance and this is YA historical that leaves me surprised because it’s not something I’d normally re...
I'm going to share a story rather than review this. A while back, I took my niece and nephew to the last hour of the local library book sale, where for just $2 you could take home a bag full of books. I browsed with them, since the YA books were in the same section. I picked up A Northern Light, hop...
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