The Other Side of Blue
Cyan was named after a shade of blue, her artist mother’s favorite color. The color of the sea. Since her father’s death last year, she’s felt just as mercurial and dark as her namesake, and the distance between Cyan and her mother has grown as wide as an ocean. Now they’re returning to the...
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Cyan was named after a shade of blue, her artist mother’s favorite color. The color of the sea. Since her father’s death last year, she’s felt just as mercurial and dark as her namesake, and the distance between Cyan and her mother has grown as wide as an ocean. Now they’re returning to the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean, where her father’s mysterious accident occurred, and joining them will be Kammi—who may soon become a stepsister. Haunted by the secrets of the past, Cyan will explore all the depths of her blueness this summer, discovering the light, the darkness, and the many shades in between that are within her—and within us all.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780547244365 (0547244363)
Publish date: October 19th 2009
Publisher: Clarion Books
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
I set out looking for something with a tropical setting to combat the frigid air where I live. This artsy-sounding tale, set on Curacao, leapt into my hands from the library's New Books shelf. It's Patterson's first novel, and it has a lot of promise and an interesting plot but a host of unbelievabl...