From: Christine Hill <chill>
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 07:31:40 -0500

Younger YASilent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsberg- Yes, I do consider this YA. Although as a mystery, the plot has holes in it you could drive a car through, the writing is exquisitely calibrated emotionally. The dinner party scene made my hair stand on end. Question: Is Vivian a veela?;) When Kambia Elaine Flew in From Neptune by Lori A. WilliamsThis has some plot holes, too, but also has the year's juiciest dialogue and finest, fully-rounded characters. Shayla, her mother and grandmother are so vibrant they seem ready to leap off the page, and Kambia is unforgettably haunting. If people talk like this in Houston, I want to go there just to listen to them.

Mature YALife Is Funny by E.R. Frank- What an achievement in narrative voice, each so distinctive and real. Weakened at the end (two supermodels?) This certainly pushes the envelope of YA sexual explicitness, doesn't it?

Christine M. Hill Willingboro Public Library One Salem Road Willingboro, NJ 08046 chill at willingboro.org My new book! Ten Terrofic Writers for Teens, Enslow, 12000
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