Starcrossed

Zusatztext "One of the most cinematic books I've ever read. Dramatic and intense! I can't tell you how many times I gasped while reading this book. Starcrossed plays out like a movie in your head." Informationen zum Autor Josephine Angelini is a Massachusetts native and a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a major in theater and a focus on the classics. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three shelter cats. Klappentext Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is—now it's getting harder. She's having nightmares of a desperate desert journey, visions of three women weeping tears of blood. And why is she possessed by the sudden, unstoppable urge to kill the handsome new boy in school, Lucas Delos? A love written in the stars . . . A feud started in ancient Greece . . . A curse not even the gods can break. Zusammenfassung The passionate romance of  Twilight  meets Greek mythology in this dazzling debut about star-crossed demigods. How do you defy destiny? Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is - no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it's getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking parched, only to find her sheets damaged by dirt and dust. At school she's haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood... and when Helen first crosses paths with Lucas Delos, she has no way of knowing they're destined to play the leading roles in a tragedy the Fates insist on repeating throughout history. As Helen unlocks the secrets of her ancestry, she realizes that some myths are more than just legend. But even demigod powers might not be enough to defy the forces that are both drawing her and Lucas together—and trying to tear them apart. “ OMGods, I can’t wait to read more!” — Lauren Kate, New York Times bestselling author of  Fallen ...

Product details

• Authors: Josephine Angelini
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.05.2012
• EAN: 9780062012005
• ISBN: 978-0-06-201200-5
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Göttlich; Starcrossed Trilogy; Göttlich; Starcrossed Trilogy
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Romance / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Action & Adventure / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Romance / Paranormal *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Coming of Age *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Science Fiction / Romance, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Contemporary *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Romance, maybe;1108;nantucket;lucas;7