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Children's Choices 2015 Reading List - International Literacy Association |
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TALES FROM MY CLOSET is the story of five fifteen year old girls who have nothing in common but their love of fashion. Justine is into shopping in vintage clothing shops---when she isnt learning more and more about her father's extracurricular activities. Becka is almost as in-love with her French boyfriends beat-up raincoat as she is with her French boyfriend, but cant seem to get away from her psychologist mothers interference. Polly swims like a dolphin, but feels more like an elephant, and when her struggling mother, who supports the two of them by giving piano lessons, tries to boost Pollys confidence by buying her an expensive pair of white designer jeans, Polly cant help but feel guilty---except when she secretly feels pretty. Anne has spent her life in her brilliant older sisters shadow, until she discovers a cache of fifties dresses in her grandmothers attic. And Robin just cant seem to stay out of the shops, and keep out of debt, despite her mothers constant hectoring and her fathers increasingly irrational outbursts of anger. And when the five of them meet---the sparks fly! Can they ever be friends? These five girls started talking to me in my head, telling me their stories, explaining their fears and their passions, and giving me their dreams. They talked to me for two years until they were finally satisfied that Id told their stories right. The result is TALES FROM MY CLOSET. "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" meets "The Devil Wears Prada." Kirkus Reviews "Vibrant, vivacious, fun, flirty and fabulous, Tales From My Closet is seriously entertaining." Books by Pamela Thomson, blog "I could NOT put this book down!" The Bookbandit blog "TALES FROM MY CLOSET is a fun, fast story that shows teen girls as they are; complicated, intelligent, afraid, but still ready to take on the world." Fresh Fiction for Today's Reader "Author Jennifer Anne Moses knows just how significant clothes can be, and her debut YA novel is frothy-yet-thoughtful fun. Don't let the fluffy cover fool you: *Tales from My Closet *has a great deal of substance. . . . intelligent, well-developed female characters; some really nice humorous moments; and resonated with me (far out of my teens) with the idea that the right outfit can mark an occasion, illustrate a feeling or even change a life." Lauren Whalen, "Persephone Magazine" "Like clothes? Like drama? Are you a teen girl? Then I have THE book for you! Seriously, this is a great summer read. Well, actually it's a great read for anytime." Pamela Hill, "Your Friendly Librarian"
Book Trailer for Tales From My Closet by Jennifer Anne Moses |
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