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YA F Hopkins Ellen |
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Out: Due Feb 26 2013 |
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YA F Hopkins Ellen |
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Out: Due May 28 2013 |
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YA F Hopkins Ellen |
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Out: Due Feb 3 2013 |
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YA F Hopkins Ellen |
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In at BT (Boone's Trail); Reserve-On Hold Shelf |
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YA F Hopkins Ellen |
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Out: Due Apr 29 2013 |
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| Gr. 9-12. Full of anger at her father, an alcoholic who abuses her mother, Pattyn begins to question her Mormon religion and her preordained, subservient role within it. She is confused by her mother's acceptance of the brutal abuse, and although she is furious at and terrified of her father, she still longs for his love and approval. As the consequences of her anger become more dramatic, her parents send her to spend the summer with her aunt on a Nevada ranch. There she finds the love and acceptance she craves, both from her aunt and from a college-age neighbor, Ethan. Told in elegant free verse, Burned envelopes the reader in Pattyn's highs and lows, her gradual opening to love, and her bouts of rage, confusion, and doubt. It exposes the mind of the abused, but regrettably offers no viable plan to deal with the abuser, a reality perhaps, but a plot element that may raise eyebrows in the adult community. Still, this will easily find rapid-fire circulation among its YA audience. A troubling but beautifully written novel. ((Reviewed June 1 & 15, 2006)) Copyright 2006 Booklist Reviews. | | | |
| Written in poems that showcase dual meanings or voices in dialogue, this novel follows teenage Pattyn as she questions the abusive (and atypical) version of Mormon doctrine that imprisons her, falls victim to regular high school dangers, and finally finds an adult mentor and supportive boyfriend. The tragic ending of this slow-moving melodrama is unsatisfactorily ambiguous. Copyright 2006 Horn Book Guide Reviews. | | | |
| In cutting free-verse, 16-year-old Pattyn offers first-person narration of religious oppression and physical violence. Her Mormon church dictates that women grow up powerless. An entrancing sexual dream and a non-Mormon boyfriend make Pattyn feel giddy but guilty. Will she burn in hell? Exiled (for punishment) to a desert ranch, Pattyn blossoms under the respectful care of Aunt J and finds storybook love with neighbor Ethan. But at summer's end, she returns home to a situation even worse than before. Alcoholic Dad now beats the children (rather than just Mom); Pattyn, badly whipped, tries to hang on until she can leave home. But a heart-sinking pregnancy (Ethan's condom broke once) prompts an escape attempt that goes horribly wrong. Bereaved and desperate with nowhere to turn, Pattyn plans a brutal revenge. Hopkins's incisive verses sometimes read in several directions as they paint the beautiful Nevada desert and the consequences of both nuclear testing at Yucca Mountain and Pattyn's tragic family history. Sharp and heartbreaking. (Fiction. YA) Copyright Kirkus 2006 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. | | | |
Gr 9 Up -Once again the author of Crank (S & S, 2004) has masterfully used verse to re-create the yearnings and emotions of a teenage girl trapped in tragic circumstances. Poems in varied formats captivate readers as they describe a teen's immobilizing fear of her abusive father, disgust with a church hierarchy that looks the other way, hope that new relationships can counteract despair, joy in the awakening of romance, and sorrow when demons ultimately prevail. Pattyn Von Stratten is the eldest of eight sisters in a stern Mormon household where women are relegated to servitude and silence. She has a glimpse of normal teenage life when Derek takes an interest in her, but her father stalks them in the desert and frightens him away. Unable to stifle her rage, Pattyn acts out as never before and is suspended from school. Sent to live with an aunt on a remote Nevada ranch, she meets Ethan and discovers "forever love." Woven into the story of a teen's struggle to find her destiny is the story of her aunt's barrenness following government mismanagement of atomic testing and protests over nuclear waste disposal. Readers will become immersed in Pattyn's innermost thoughts as long-held secrets are revealed, her father's beatings take a toll on her mother and sister, and Pattyn surrenders to Ethan's love with predictable and disturbing consequences. Writing for mature teens, Hopkins creates compelling characters in horrific situations.-Kathy Lehman, Thomas Dale High School Library, Chester, VA [Page 105]. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. | | | |
| This gritty, angsty, ultimately tragic and troubling coming-of-age story is set in rural Nevada and told in free verse. An abusive, alcoholic father; a perpetually pregnant mother; six little sisters and a brother on the way; a religious culture that she is beginning to question; and the pressure of always being obedient and docile are beginning to smother seventeen-year-old Pattyn. Her one outlet is shooting targets in the desert, something \ she is very good at. Pattyn is no angel, but she is not that far from normal either. When her father discovers her first sexual encounter, he goes ballistic, and when Pattyn acts out in rebellion, he sends her to her Aunt Jeanette. On Aunt J's ranch, Pattyn experiences a little bit of freedom and positive attention, learns some family secrets, has her consciousness raised about nuclear testing in the desert, and meets Ethan, with whom her sexual and emotional explorations continue. This book raises many issues-perhaps too many-including the lingering effects of the Vietnam War, the role of women in Mormon culture, Yucca mountain and hazardous waste disposal, and family violence. Still it all coalesces into a compelling and emotional story told in a unique way. While not lyrically written, the free verses, many in the form of concrete poems, create a compressed and intense reading experience with no extraneous dialogue or description. Each verse narrated by Pattyn is an episode in her growing awareness. This book will appeal to teens favoring realistic fiction and dramatic interpersonal stories.-Tina Frolund 3Q 2P S Copyright 2006 Voya Reviews. | | |
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