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or support your local independent booksellers From teenaged blogger The Page Flipper, March 2008: "...unlike any character I've ever read about."
"I recommend this refreshing book to anyone who's in the mood for a good, honest, heart-warming/wrenching read." From PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY Review February 2008:
"This thoughtful, evenly paced tale focuses on one high schooler's world and all that's frustratingly wrong in it."
"Crane shows readers about self-discovery and the importance of passion and strength." From BOOKLIST Review January 2008:
"Crane sensitively depicts the isolation and insecurity that Andrea initially faces and allows the story to develop slowly and credibly as she finds her way to a new sense of herself."
"Involving first novel depicting a pivotal year of loss, change, and awakening." Letter from the editorDear Reader: The Delacorte Press Contest for a First Young adult novel has been around for twenty-six years. In 2006 we received over 400 submissions to the contest, and for each of the judges, the winner was clear. Skin Deep stood out to each of us for different reasons, but we all agreed that E. M. Crane’s writing has a simple elegance that speaks straight to the heart. We’ve all heard the saying that beauty is only skin deep. This is a book about what lies beneath the surface. It’s a multi-faceted story about loss and rebirth, about rising from the ashes, about self-discovery. About friendship and inner strength. And about looking beyond the superficial for the hidden beauty all around us - something that I think most of us forget to do in the glossy world we live in, and something I think is important to remember as we search for our own happiness.
K. Marino Editor, Delacorte Press
Book jacket text
What’s underneath when you scratch the surface? If all the world’s a stage, Andrea Anderson is sitting in the audience. High school has its predictable heroes, heroines, villains, and plotlines, and Andrea has no problem guessing how each drama will turn out. She is, after all, a professional spectator. In the social hierarchy she is a Nothing, and at home her mother runs the show, All Andrea has to do is basically turn up every day, and life basically plays out as scripted. Then Andrea accepts a job. Honora Menapace, a reclusive neighbor, is sick. As in every other aspect of her life, Andrea’s role is clear: Honora’s garden must be taken care of and her pottery finished, and someone needs to feed her dog. But what starts out as a simple job yanks Andrea’s back row seat out from under her. Life is no longer predictable, and nothing is what it seems. Light is dark, villains are heroes, and what she once saw as ugly is too beautiful for words. Andrea must face the fact that life at first glance doesn’t even crack the surface.
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