false 182332 4 Imogene Yeck, former gang member and current fairy butt-kicker, is the cool "blue girl" at the center of Charles de Lint's latest urban fantasy novel. Seventeen-year-old Imogene jumps at the chance to lose her bad girl reputation when her family moves to a new town. She purposely lays low at Redding High, only making friends with Maxine, a shy, studious girl who is Imogene's opposite in every way. Despite a few run-ins with the ruling football jock and his cheerleader girlfriend, Imogene keeps her temper in check and even lends some of her bravado to Maxine, who begins to come out of her straight-A shell. Things are going well for the new friends--until the day Imogene meets Adrian, the benign ghost of a boy who died in the school's parking lot. Adrian and Imogene's unusual connection attracts the unwelcome attention of Redding High's resident Little People, or fairies. Affronted by streetwise Imogene's lack of belief in them, the fairies set into motion a malevolent prank that will not only turn Imogene completely blue from head to toe, but pit her, Adrian and Maxine against some of the most frightening beings of the Otherworld--the soul-sucking Anamithims. de Lint's <I>Blue Girl</I> reads like a really well-executed episode of <I>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</I>--smart and thought provoking, without taking itself too seriously. Although the action builds slowly, the final scene, involving a bucket of blue paint, a knife fight, and green monster blood, is absolutely worth it. Buffy fans who enjoy meeting Imogene and Co. will also want to check out Holly Black's dark fairy tale, <I>Tithe</I>, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman's modern ghost story, <I>A Stir of Bones</I> <I>--Jennifer Hubert</I> "The [Newford] books have all been written in such a way that you should be able to pick up any one and get a full and complete story. However, characters do reoccur, off center stage as it were, and their stories do follow a sequence." 2893 book 2004 The Blue Girl (Newford Book 15) (Firebird) total:1187|5:10|4:8|3:12|2:2|1:1| 1187 4587 1774 136 4 2 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Sep 24 22:39:18 -0700 2007 Fri Feb 13 12:55:19 -0800 2009 Spirits That Walk in Shadow, but not quite as engagingly.
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Simply put, this book is very inspirational. The book, in itself, makes the reader rethink life. At first, the book, in itself, can seem very boring -- being based off of a fairytale with fictional characters. However, once in the middle, the plot sucks the reader ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 21:29:55 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 21:34:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 10:38:06 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 14:40:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 23:21:16 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 23:21:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 09:28:31 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 12:22:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Nov 26 16:20:55 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 16:20:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jul 17 12:55:30 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 15:35:07 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 12:55:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 26 12:52:10 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 12:52:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Apr 10 09:23:12 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 06:33:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri May 18 21:05:06 -0700 2007 Thu May 22 21:06:52 -0700 2008
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