In amelia anne is dead and gone we follow the main character rebecca and her summer after graduating high school, where shes preparing to leave the. But the discovery of an unidentified dead girl on the side of a dirt road sends the town and beccainto a tailspin. Amelia anne is dead and gone kat rosenfield the ludic reader. Today i start my first of the edgarnominated ya and juvenile mystery books for 20. Amelia anne is dead and gone is another type of mystery novel, another type of comingofage the official blurb has it as an uncomingofage, and another type of ya literature. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Amelia anne is dead and gone by harper lagares on prezi. An arresting uncomingofage story, from a breathtaking talent. An arresting uncomingofage story, from a breathtaking talentbecca has always longed to break free from her small, backwater hometown. Amelia anne is dead and gone is a frank and unflinching story. Amelia anne is dead and gone, and the small town police try piecing together who her murderer is and who the unidentified girl actually is. Amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield little. Rebecca, school salutatorian, is headed off to college when summer is over.
Amelia anne is dead and gone by rosenfield, katjuly 11, 20 paperback. Im starting off with amelia anne is dead and gone because, quite frankly, it was the only one of the nominees i could find at the library last weekend. Ill give you the basics first, and then my thoughts on it. Kat rosenfield is a writer, illustrator, advice columnist, entertainment journalist, zombie enthusiast, and author of the novel amelia anne is dead and gone. Amelia anne is dead and gone is a great murder mystery, for whatever reason i love ya mysteries and think there are simply not enough of them. Rosenfield has captured it perfectly and elevated her story through the unraveling of a deadly mystery. Rebeccas town is shaken by the murder of amelia anne, an outsider who was killed within the small towns limits. My thoughts on kat rosenfields debut young adult novel amelia anne is dead and gone. Grant willard, a rough man who worked the overnight shift at the. Before amelia died, she had just graduated college and was driving to cape cod with her boyfriend, the. Becca is spending her last few months in bridgeton as she gets ready to head to. Amelia anne is dead and gone book by kat rosenfield. Amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield 2012.
Amelia has just finished college and is on her way to a summer beach rental with her boyfriend before going to acting school. Beccas boyfriend breaks up with her in the field on the same exact night amelia is murdered in the same spot 3. She is a girl who is finding her feet, discovering what she wants to be and understanding that sometimes that means leaving people behind. When rosenfield sticks to becca and amelia, amelia anne is dead and gone races along like a thriller albeit a really beautifully written thriller.
Normal 0 false false false microsoftinternetexplorer4. Short chapters detailing the last days of amelia anne richardsons life are intercut with beccas own summer as the parallel stories of two young women struggling with selfidentity and relationships on the edge twist the reader closer and closer to the truth about amelias death. Her body is on the outskirts of a small town, found by the road. Mar 30, 2018 the time spent with amelia, is time wellspent. Amelia anne is dead and gone quotes by kat rosenfield. Amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield goodreads. Amelia anne is dead and gone douglas county libraries. With good reason too, because from the very first uncomfortable scene till the last page when the mystery surrounding amelia anne gets its confusing resolution, you get the feeling that this. Like just because its not hard science, just because it doesnt lead to a highpaying job at a hedge fund after college, doesnt mean its not worth pursuing. One of the buzzbooks of that past summer was definitely kat rosenfields fiction debut amelia anne is dead and gone. Dead and gone is the ninth book in charlaine harriss series the southern vampire mysteries.
Its a moment everyone experiences, but not everyone can describe. Becca is interesteda little too interested, and she comes to realizations about who she is and who she might want to be as she goes off to. Ive been the girl from a small town who couldnt wait to escape. Amelia anne is dead and gone has a lot going for it, but it also has a few flaws as well. Of course, sometimes authors can make this work, make you curious about characters you would happily hurl off a cliff. Jan 31, 20 overall kat rosenfields amelia anne is dead and gone is a strong debut and she has a bright future ahead of her. In amelia anne is dead and gone we follow the main character rebecca and her summer after graduating high school, where shes preparing to leave the small town she lives in for good. Jul 11, 20 amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield, 9780142426104, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. I have learned that knowing where youre going means remembering where youve been. Amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield ringo the. This book is dark, its twisted, and has an incredibly satisfying pay off in the end. Amelia anne is dead and gone pingwings bookshelf book. Part of my connection to this novel stems from my understanding of becca. The story is told in multiple perspectives beccas and amelia anne s up until the murder.
Amelia anne is dead and gone by rosenfield, katjuly 11, 20 paperback on. If you havent seen the list of nominees, youll find them here. It starts out on graduation night, and this is the same night that amelia is. The chapters about amelia are particularly welldone as they illustrate amelias growth as she comes into her own before her life is cut tragically short. I love a good mystery, especially when its a richly written contemporary mystery. A perceptive, contrapuntal character study with a light thriller flavorutterly compelling.
Jun 06, 2014 my thoughts on kat rosenfields debut young adult novel amelia anne is dead and gone. Both becca and amelia do not shy away from talking about sex or other topics in their narratives. Jul 05, 2012 just hours before amelia is beaten and left for dead, beccas boyfriend breaks up with herright after they have sex in the bed of his pickup. Amelia anne is dead and gone is one of those books about terrible people. Unable to make sense of the violence of the outside world creeping into her backyard, becca finds herself retreating inward. Aug 10, 2012 amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield. Amelia anne is dead and gone by rosenfield, katjuly 11. When not writing fiction, she can be found shamelessly gossiping about movies and celebrities as a contributor for mtv news. As the summer goes on, bridgeton buzzes with excitement at the murder, while amelias body lies in the morgue, unidentified. Amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield overdrive. Amelia anne is dead and gone blends elegant writing and.
Short chapters detailing the last days of amelia anne richardsons life are intercut with beccas own summer as the parallel stories of two young women struggling with selfidentity and relationships on the edge twist the reader closer and closer to the truth about amelia s death. Its the type of book of which you just know that the author has been brooding on for the longest time. Amelia anne is dead and gone is a haunting portrait of transition. Kat rosenfield unveils the details of a horrific murder, its effects on permanent and summer residents of the small appalachian town where the body is discovered, and especially how the related violence shakes. Amelia anne is dead and gone blends elegant writing and brutal behavior into a sharp and haunting novel. Becca, just graduated from high school, is looking forward to. The lives of two girls on the cusp of something bigger intertwine on a dusty road in a small, deadend new england town. In my opinion this book had a similar feel to the body finder series by kimberly derting, but without the paranormal elements. Books with more than one point of view almost always win me over and pique my interest. The very first sentence of amelia anne is dead and gone tells a surprising amount about the unfolding story and its narrator becca. Amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield nook book. But then, an unidentified young girl, amelia anne, is found on the side of a county road brutally murdered. An arresting uncomingofage story, from a breathtaking talent becca has always longed to break free from her small, backwater hometown. Click to read more about amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield.
All of them, with the exception of amelia anne, are awful. Amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield ringo. Amelia anne is dead and gone is kat rosenfields debut and it is a knock out. Amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield i hope you enjoyed this presentation. Jul 07, 2014 the chapters about amelia are particularly welldone as they illustrate amelias growth as she comes into her own before her life is cut tragically short. Check out the johnson county public librarys indiana newest book trailer for ya novel amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield. Then the next day, the dead body of amelia anne is found on the side of the road, setting off the town into gossip and speculation. Buy a cheap copy of amelia anne is dead and gone book by kat rosenfield. Amelia anne is dead and gone amelia anne is dead and gone but she apparently left behind her thesaurus because her story was quite adjectivealicious. Aug 20, 2012 i love a good mystery, especially when its a richly written contemporary mystery.
Amelia ann is dead and gone is a wellwritten book with likeable yet complex characters. The night before amelia anne richardson bled her life away on a parched dirt road outside of town, i bled out my dignity in the back of a pickup truck under a starpricked sky. Kat rosenfield is a freelance pop culture and political writer and the edgarnominated author of amelia anne is dead and gone 2012 and inland 2014. The protagonist the protagonist of the story is recent high school graduate becca.
Oct 05, 2012 amelia anne is dead and gone is another type of mystery novel, another type of comingofage the official blurb has it as an uncomingofage, and another type of ya literature. Overall kat rosenfields amelia anne is dead and gone is a strong debut and she has a bright future ahead of her. This book is dark, its twisted, and has an incredibly satisfying. If im honest, i have to admit that this was a cover buy. An arresting uncomingofage story, from a breathtaking talent becca has always longed to break free from her small, ba. A former reporter for mtv news, her work has appeared in outlets including wired, vulture, entertainment weekly, playboy, us weekly, and tv guide. The night before amelia anne richardson bled her life away on a parched dirt road outside of town, i bled out my dignity in the back of a pickup.
But, once i waded through the overabundance of metaphors and descriptive prose, it was a fairly ok readuntil the last 30 or so pages. In this case, though, i just did not care about them. Read amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield available from rakuten kobo. Kat rosenfields ya novel amelia ann is dead and gone is lush and languid, a comingofage story and a mystery that sends ripples through the small, insular community of bridgeton. As kats beautifully lyrical book hits shelves and ereaders today, we fired up the ol gchat to conduct an im analysis of amelia anne is dead and gone with the authoress herself. But the discovery of an unidentified dead girl on the side of a dirt road sends the townand beccainto a tailspin. That strange and pivotal moment in a young persons life when they are changing from teenagers to adults. Amelia anne is dead and gone by kat rosenfield librarything. The night of graduation, rebeccas boyfriend james breaks up with her.
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