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Lexi
THE FIRST THING I remember is waking up in the woods. I didn’t know where I was, or how I got there. I didn’t know my own name. All I knew was that the little silver key hung round my neck had always been there.
This is how Lexi’s story begins. She is taken into a shelter where there are clean clothes, warm food, and, most importantly, a woman who remembers her. Safe from t...more
This is how Lexi’s story begins. She is taken into a shelter where there are clean clothes, warm food, and, most importantly, a woman who remembers her. Safe from t...more
ebook, 208 pages
Published
November 11th 2008
by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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This book is schizophrenic, and this is unfortunate. I couldn't figure out for a while whether it was meant to be magical realism, post apocalyptic or what...but it turned out to be simple reality. The most creative elements of this book are the stories that the homeless children tell, but they are not the author's creation. There is no source note mentioning this, nor have any of the reviews picked up on this, but they are based on real myths that homeless children in Miami tell (or told back i...more
Dec 10, 2009
Kathyred
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4 of 5 stars
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Not quite a fantasy, this has an child's version of the world with fantastical elements that are there if you look, and that most adults never see. Lexi wakes up with no memory and no idea of where she is. She wanders out of the forest and finds a town, where a poor but gentle elderly man takes her to the Shelter where they try and help her to figure out who she is and where she belongs. Was that a bad angel that shot her new friend Daniel, or just a gang member on his way past? Is the man who t...more
I really liked parts of this book, but others really dragged it down for me. It veers from reality to fantasy and back again several times. There are several "magical" characters mentioned by name and explanations as to what powers they have, but it is never clear if these are purely imaginative stories created by the homeless children of the story or if this book is set in a fantastical realm.
I'm not sure who I would recommend this title too -- it's a bit schizophrenic.
I'm not sure who I would recommend this title too -- it's a bit schizophrenic.
English writer. Starts slowly. I bought it because of my name, read it because a student of mine read it and I wanted to know if she truly understood. Enjoyed it, some excitement, twists and an excellent ending.
Lexi wakes up with no memory but finds her way to a shelter. Everything works out too easily. No consistent character development.
it was kind of confusing
Apr 29, 2011
Becky Birtha
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3 of 5 stars
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middle-grade-novel
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L. S. Matthews (born August 29, 1964) is the pen name of Laura Dron, a British children's author of several critically acclaimed novels.
She was born near Dudley in the West Midlands in England, youngest of five children of parents from the South West who had moved to the industrial area for work. She attended state school there, leaving at 18 to study English Literature at Goldsmiths College, Univ...more
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She was born near Dudley in the West Midlands in England, youngest of five children of parents from the South West who had moved to the industrial area for work. She attended state school there, leaving at 18 to study English Literature at Goldsmiths College, Univ...more
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