Wednesday, May 12, 2010

The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint


The first thing to catch a readers attention in this book is that the character is not typical, not attempting to be normal in any way. Imogene grew up with hippie parents who were complete stoners, so she learned to avoid police and never trust 'The Man'. She begins a new school, this time, deciding to clean up her act after parting from her previous gang. Imogene befriends Maxine, bonding as outcasts. Maxine with her straight A's rubs off on Imogene, but at the same time Imogene teaches her to be more of herself and stand up for herself. Then, things start to become weird, Imogen talkes with a ghost, Adrian, who just so happens to know some local fairies, and wants to convince Imogene they're real. Inadvertently this brings Imogene to the attention of the Anathimin...the soul suckers. From that point on the story begins a quirky but interesting adventure to rid her of them.
Caitlyn

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