Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos - Publishers Weekly
I am the author of the young adult novels Skin, Sight, The Exile of Gigi Lane and Burnout; and the middle-grade novel Best Friends for Never. I live and write in the New York City area. When I was growing up, writing was my shelter, my hope, my secret, and my light in the dark. Interview with Adrienne Maria Vrettos - Goodreads News ...
Writer Adrienne Vrettos tells us what inspired THE EXILE OF G grew up on a mountain in southern California, where she rode dirt bikes and made a mean double-mud pie.
Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos - Goodreads
My very first middle-grade novel Best Friends for Never just came out with Scholastic, and I am just beyond excited. I have always wanted to write middle-grade, as it is middle-grade books that made me fall head over heals in love with reading, and with writing.  - Goodreads)
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by Adrienne Maria Vrettos First-time novelist Vrettos finds a fresh angle for a familiar topic by focusing her story about Karen, an anorexic, on Donnie, her younger brother. The work paints a portrait of a dysfunctional family through the eyes of its youngest member, detailing the issues that may have led to Karen's illness and, more important. Adrienne Maria Vrettos | Kirkus Reviews
Adrienne Maria Vrettos grew up on a mountain in southern California where she rode dirt bikes and made a mean double-mud pie. She moved to a picket fenced apple town in Massachusetts for high school, where she managed to find happiness and friends despite her lack of the apparently requisite pricey pants and fancy car. Amazon.com: Burnout: 9781416994701: Vrettos, Adrienne Maria ... I am the author of the young adult novels Skin, Sight, The Exile of Gigi Lane and Burnout; and the middle-grade novel Best Friends for Never. I live and write in the New York City area. When I was growing up, writing was my shelter, my hope, my secret, and my light in the dark.Adrienne Maria Vrettos Quotes (Author of Skin) - Goodreads Writer Adrienne Vrettos tells us what inspired THE EXILE OF G grew up on a mountain in southern California, where she rode dirt bikes and made a mean double-mud pie.Skin | Book by Adrienne Maria Vrettos | Official Publisher ... Adrienne Maria Vrettos focuses on the pain of anorexia in her young-adult novel Skin. A Kirkus Reviews contributor described it as "a marvelous debut featuring an unforgettable character." The story begins with fourteen-year-old Donnie trying to revive his sixteen-year-old sister, Karen, who has starved herself to death. Adrienne Maria Vrettos - Adams Literary
AV: Well, my motto is Be Here Now. But I've taking my new my main character's motto for a test drive. Moving to small-town Massachusetts from Brooklyn wasn't easy for 12-year-old narrator Hattie, but she lucked into a group of friends fairly quickly. My very first middle-grade novel Best Friends for Never just came out with Scholastic, and I am just beyond excited. I have always wanted to write middle-grade, as it is middle-grade books that made me fall head over heals in love with reading, and with writing.
Adrienne Maria Vrettos grew up on a mountain in southern California, where she rode dirt bikes and made a mean double-mud pie. by Adrienne Maria Vrettos First-time novelist Vrettos finds a fresh angle for a familiar topic by focusing her story about Karen, an anorexic, on Donnie, her younger brother. The work paints a portrait of a dysfunctional family through the eyes of its youngest member, detailing the issues that may have led to Karen's illness and, more important.
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Adrienne Maria Vrettos grew up on a mountain in southern California, where she rode dirt bikes and made a mean double-mud pie. Her first novel, Skin, was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, and a New York Public Library Top Books for Reading and Sharing selection.
Adrienne Maria Vrettos (Author of Skin) - Goodreads
Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos is a story about a family who is going through a rough patch in their lives. This book begins with Donnie, an eighth grader who is experiencing his parents going through a divorce and his sister who is drifting away from her family.