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The Girls is the 2016 debut novel by American author Emma Cline.It is loosely inspired by the Manson Family and the murder of actress Sharon Tate. [1]The majority of the novel, set in 1969, focuses on 14 year old Evie Boyd, who, feeling isolated and unloved, spends her summer on a ranch with a group of teenage girls devoted to an aspiring musician named Russell Hadrick.
Elana Kuczynski Arnold is an American children's and young adult author. Her 2017 novel What Girls Are Made Of was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, [1] [2] and her 2018 novel Damsel was named a Michael L. Printz Award Honor title in 2019.
[8] On Bookmarks Magazine Nov/Dec 2018 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (3.5 out of 5) based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "The Silence of the Girls joins the ranks of recent novels that give voice to women during the classical era, including Mary Beard's SPQR (2015) and Madeline ...
Girl, Missing is a 2006 English-language young adult thriller novel by Sophie McKenzie. It won the 2007 Bolton Children's Book Award , the 2008 Manchester Book Award and the 2007 Red House Children's Book Award for Older Readers, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] as well as being longlisted for the Carnegie Medal . [ 4 ]
A 3-D version comes with four sets of 3-D glasses—specifically the green-magenta anaglyph image. Coraline was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2009. A 3-D version of the film was also released on a two-disc Collector's Edition. The DVD opened to first-week sales of 1,036,845 and over $19 million in revenue.
The book also pulls from oral traditional history — stories, cultural knowledge, and historical accounts — that have been shared with Coombs verbally from Wampanoag and Eastern Woodland elders.
Shanghai Girls is a 2009 novel by Lisa See.It centers on the complex relationship between two sisters, Pearl and May, as they go through great pain and suffering in leaving war-torn Shanghai, and try to adjust to the difficult roles of wives in arranged marriages and of Chinese immigrants to the U.S.
The Girls was recognized by the American Library Association as a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults. [4] It was included in the 2007 selection of notable fiction books in Reference and User Services Quarterly. [5] It was on the 2007 long list for the Women's Prize for Fiction. [6]