We Are the Goldens
Nell worships her older sister, Layla. They're one unit, intertwined: Nellayla. As Nell and her best friend, Felix, start their freshman year in high school, on Layla's turf, there's so much Nell looks forward to: Joining Layla on the varsity soccer team. Parties. Boys. Adventures. But the year...
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Nell worships her older sister, Layla. They're one unit, intertwined: Nellayla. As Nell and her best friend, Felix, start their freshman year in high school, on Layla's turf, there's so much Nell looks forward to: Joining Layla on the varsity soccer team. Parties. Boys. Adventures. But the year takes a very different turn. Layla is changing, withdrawing. She's hiding something, and when Nell discovers what it is, and the consequences it might have, she struggles. She wants to support Layla, to be her confidante, to be the good sister she's always been. But with so much at stake, what secrets should she keep? What lies should she tell? Award-winning young adult author Dana Reinhardt explores questions of loyalty, love, and betrayal in this provocative and intimate novel.From the Hardcover edition.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780307975812 (0307975819)
Publish date: May 27th 2014
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
I have never read a book by Dana Reinhardt before but after reading We Are the Goldens I plan on checking out her other books. Told in the first person from Nell's point of view you get to see a young woman trying her best to step out of her older sister's shadow. Nell loves and in equal measure is ...
I have a soft spot for books featuring sisters. It's true. I typically don't have many soft spots for anything at all besides dragons, but who doesn't, these days? There's something solid and comforting about a good sister book. It reminds. It resonates. There are so, so many YA books treating t...
This book definitely wasn’t what I was expecting, but I was pleasantly surprised, to say the least. I’ve always had a stigma about books written in second-person narration, but this is the second book I’ve read that I absolutely loved because of its narration. Nell is supposed to be a freshman in hi...
Nell worships her older sister, Layla. They're one unit, intertwined: Nellayla. As Nell and her best friend, Felix, start their freshman year in high school, on Layla's turf, there's so much Nell looks forward to: Joining Layla on the varsity soccer team. Parties. Boys. Adventures. But the year take...
”I love you tons,” you said.“I know.”“And, Nell?”“Yeah, I know.”“You do?”“Of course.”“Promise?”“Don’t insult me.”I closed your door.That’s how I vowed to keep your secret. I just love that exchange. It so perfectly captures what this book is about.I probably have the least credibility in discussing ...