The Blue Girl - Hardcover

De Lint, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670059242 ISBN 13: 9780670059249

Publisher: Viking Childrens Books, 2004

Synopsis

Having moved to a new town, Imogene is determined to make things go well for herself in her new town and find friends to help her in her mission, but when she is befriended by a ghost named Adrian and becomes haunted in her dreams, Imogene must turn to friend Maxine and Pelly for help in ridding her nights of dark visions.

About this title

Review:

"This lively novel thoughtfully examines friendships that cross magical boundaries and explores how love can strengthen and save us."--School Library Journal

"Imogene and Maxine are fully-drawn characters, and the plot builds steadily toward the end."--Children's Literature

"Readers always know what to expect in a de Lint fantasy: supple, sinuous writing in a contemporary setting laced with fantasy neatly hardwired in place . . . Fairies like the evil twins of the wee free men, Imogene's not so imaginary childhood friend Pelly, and a shadow world impinging on this one conjure up satisfying elements of Buffy the Vampire Slayer--there's even a helpful British librarian named Ms. Giles."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Charles de Lint (charlesdelint.com) is the author of more than seventy adult, young adult, and children's books. Renowned as one of the trailblazers of the modern fantasy genre, he is the recipient of the World Fantasy, White Pine, Crawford, and Aurora awards. The first book of the Wildlings trilogy, Under My Skin, won the 2013 Aurora Award for Young Adult Fiction. De Lint is a poet, songwriter, performer, and folklorist, and he writes a monthly book-review column for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. De Lint and his wife, MaryAnn Harris, a fellow artist and musician, recently released companion CDs of their original songs, samples of which can be heard on de Lint's website. They live in Ottawa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0670059242
• ISBN 13: 9780670059249
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368