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Willow

by: Julia Hoban (author)

Seven months ago, on a rainy March night, sixteen year- old Willow's parents died in a horrible car accident. Willow was driving. Now her older brother barely speaks to her, her new classmates know her as the killer orphan girl, and Willow is blocking the pain by secretly cutting herself. But when one boy one sensitive, soulful boy discovers Willows secret, it sparks an intense relationship that turns the safe world Willow has created for herself upside down. Told in an extraordinary fresh voice, Willow is an unforgettable novel about one girls struggle to cope with tragedy, and one boy's refusal to give up on her.

źródło opisu: www.penguin.com
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Format: papier

Edition language: English

Category:

Young Adult, Teen, Realistic Fiction, Romance, Drama, Health, Contemporary, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Death, High School

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Aimee rated it

12 years ago

http://aimeejo.booklikes.com Aimee 4.0 Willow

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I knew when I first got this, it would be a hard one to read. The subject matter is far from fluffy bunnies and rainbows. It's a very real and very serious subject. A subject I can relate to. I've read other books or seen made for TV movies on the subject and I think this is one of the better stori...

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melsbookshelf rated it

12 years ago

http://melsbookshelf.booklikes.com melsbookshelf 5.0 Willow

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This was another book that has been receiving so many positive, glowing reviews, one almost has to approach reading it with a healthy amount of skepticism. For me, the skepticism was gone just a few pages into the book and I was swept into the story without ever looking back. I read this book in one...

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Rambling Reviews rated it

12 years ago

http://sfulton08.booklikes.com Rambling Reviews 1.0

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I had a very difficult time getting into this book. I don't think the subject matter was really the problem. I think it started off with the writing style. Writing in present tense can be a lot trickier to pull off for some authors, as was the case for Julia Hoba in my opinion. It just threw me off ...

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Booknut 101's Bookworm Haven rated it

12 years ago

http://Booknut101.booklikes.com Booknut 101's Bookworm Haven 5.0

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An intensely realistic and blunt tale of a girl whose past threatens to overwhelm her - so she turns to cutting herself in order to numb her mind and escape from the suffocating pain that follows her day in and day out, rushing over her like a wave. Willow struggles to keep her ugly secret to hersel...

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