The Different Girl - Softcover

Dahlquist, Gordon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142423653 ISBN 13: 9780142423653

Publisher: Speak, 2014

Synopsis

A timeless and evocative debut for contemporary and sci-fi fans
Veronika. Caroline. Isobel. Eleanor. One blond, one brunette, one redhead, one with hair black as tar. Four otherwise identical girls who spend their days in sync, tasked to learn. But when May, a very different kind of girl the lone survivor of a recent shipwreck suddenly and mysteriously arrives on the island, an unsettling mirror is about to be held up to the life the girls have never before questioned."

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Review:

Praise for "The Different Girl"

"Simple, sometimes profound first-person narration explores the nature of identity and what it means to be human in an oddly touching story of a future world."--"The Horn Book"

"[An] unusual and enigmatic science-fiction outing . . . Most intriguing."--"Kirkus Reviews"

"Recommend this book to girls who like the process of self-discovery."--"VOYA"

Praise for "The Different Girl"
"Simple, sometimes profound first-person narration explores the nature of identity and what it means to be human in an oddly touching story of a future world."--"The Horn Book"
"[An] unusual and enigmatic science-fiction outing . . . Most intriguing."--"Kirkus Reviews"
"Recommend this book to girls who like the process of self-discovery."--"VOYA"

About the Author:

Gordon Dahlquist is a graduate of Reed College and Columbia University s School of the Arts. He worked for several years writing and directing plays, including "Messalina "(Evidence Room, Los Angeles: SPF, New York), and "Delirium Palace "(Evidence Room, Los Angeles; published in "Breaking Ground"), both of which received a Garland Playwriting Award."

About this edition

• Publisher: Speak
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0142423653
• ISBN 13: 9780142423653
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230