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Informationen zum Autor Sara Ryan lives in Portland, Oregon. This is her first novel. Klappentext Battle Hall Davies is sure of some things: She's going to Reed this fall; she loves girls; and her older brother, Nick, outshines her. He ran away four and a half years ago; now he's tracked her down, and she's spending the summer at Forest House, where he lives in Portland. It is a summer of surprises. Battle is swept into Forest House's community Shakespeare production, their all-night card games, and the arms of her new housemate, Meryl. As the weeks pass, Battle realizes that Nick isn't who she thought he was - and she isn't who she thought she was, either. Leseprobe Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication ACT I - Are You Lost? ACT II - Some Very Interesting Choices ACT III - It ’s a Trick-Taking Game ACT IV - Yeah, He’s a Runner ACT V - I Got Lucky Acknowledgements BOOKS BY SARA RYAN The Rules for Hearts Me and Edith Head (with Steve Lieber) Empress of the World Author’s note: Some places that I’ve written about in this book are real, though I’ve changed details and added elements to suit my story. But Forest House and all its inhabitants are fictional. VIKING Published by Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi-110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), Cnr Airborne and Rosedale Roads, Albany, Auckland 1310, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England First published in 2007 by Viking, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Copyright © Sara Ryan, 2007 All rights reserved Lyrics quoted on page 122 are from “Palmcorder Yajna” by the Mountain Goats, C & P Cadmean Dawn [ASCAP], rights administered by Pacific Electric and used with permission of the artist. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA IS AVAILABLE eISBN : 978-1-101-01486-8 for U. C., with love CAST,IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE BATTLE HALL DAVIES, 18-year-old high school graduate, accepted to Reed College NICHOLAS DAVIES, 22, Battle’s older brother, a cab driver, resident of Forest House MERYL DAVENPORT, 22, swimming instructor, resident of Forest House AURORA KNEEDLER, 46, owner of Forest House and artistic director of Theater Borealis ROBERT CRACKNELL, 50, resident of Forest House, set designer and builder, Aurora’s partner CHARLES FAHEY, 27, gardener, bike messenger, designer, resident of Forest House HENRY O’BRIAN, 55, donor to and actor in Theater Borealis DAMIAN J. WOLF, 28, actor in Theater Borealis A NNALISA TANNAHILL, 34, actor in Theater Borealis ELLERY TANNAHILL-LIPPMAN, 11, Annalisa’s daughter, actor in Theater Borealis <...
