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During her waking hours, Beauty's life is safe, safer than she wants it to be. Since her mother's death, her father has become so over-protective that he has locked away all the knives in the house. Her mother's death, the accident, is never discussed. Beauty has lost her desire to be an artist.
At school Beauty tries to be invisible to avoid the questions and innuendo that have arisen since her mother's death. But when a new student arrives, things begin to change. Luna is a free spirit, confident and exciting. She encourages and challenges Beauty to come out of her shell. Beauty finally admits to her attraction to Poe, a boy who lives a few doors away. Her artistic drive returns.
But as Beauty gains self-confidence, her nightmares become ever more terrifying, filled with dark images of blood and death. Beauty must now struggle to solve the riddle posed by her dreams: who is the Shadow Lady and what is the nature of her curse?
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Release date
August 28, 2007 -
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781554695546
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781554695546
- File size: 164 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 4.3
- Interest Level: 6-12(MG+)
- Text Difficulty: 3
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Reviews
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July 1, 2006
Gr 7-10 -Since her mother -s suicide, Beauty, 16, has been visited by the Shadow Lady in her dreams. The teen is withdrawn and desperate to avoid the stares and questions of her classmates. Her well-intentioned father has gone so far as to lock up everything with an edge, even to the point of forbidding the use of plastic utensils, in an attempt to prevent any other -accidents - in the house. Then in walks Luna, a new student who marches to the beat of her own drum. She tells Beauty that girls with weird names need to -stick together. - Slowly, Beauty begins to reclaim her life. She finds the confidence to paint again and takes tentative steps toward a relationship with her longtime crush. The allusions to Sleeping Beauty are well done and subtle. As Luna and a handsome male classmate named Poe provide the impetus for this Beauty -s awakening, her dream-life begins to take on a darker, more sinister -yet freeing -tone. This novel about waking up from a nightmare -literally and figuratively -is nicely crafted and will resonate with readers who are struggling with grief and similar emotions." -Elaine Baran Black, Gwinnett County Public Library, Lawrenceville, GA"Copyright 2006 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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