The Girl Who Swam to Atlantis
by:
Elle Thornton (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B007P73QPC
Publish date: March 14th 2012
Publisher: Elle Thornton
Pages no: 155
Edition language: English
"I'm too old to be as ignorant as I am." This one line perfectly describes the book. I generally dislike YA, but this book is quite different from others I have read in the genre because it does not seek to make light of difficult topics and it does not pretend to have answers. In fact, it is v...
With all of the "boy meets girl" and fantasy YA books out there, it is always refreshing to find a book that deals with a more serious issue. [b:The Girl Who Swam to Atlantis|13550040|The Girl Who Swam to Atlantis|Elle Thornton|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1332758653s/13550040.jpg|19116595] by [a:E...
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A very thoughtful coming of age book written for that audience (preteen to young teens). The writing is superb and I really felt I was in Gabriella's head with some of the "magical" thinking of the littlest things will solve life's biggest problems. This book was not over the top, at all. Racial ref...