Wings v.1

Zusatztext "The book has a nice mix of danger and romance! with well-developed characters and a quick-moving plot." Informationen zum Autor Aprilynne Pike has been spinning stories since she was a child with a hyperactive imagination. She completed her BA in creative writing at the age of twenty at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. Aprilynne currently lives with her husband and children in Arizona. Klappentext Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things. They were terrifyingly beautiful--too beautiful for words. Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings. Laurel's life is the very definition of normal . . . until the morning when she wakes up to discover a flower blooming from her back. As it turns out, nothing in Laurel's life is what it seems. Now, with the help of an alluring faerie sentry who holds the key to her true past, Laurel must race to save her human family from the centuries-old faerie enemies who walk among them. Zusammenfassung Laurel was mesmerized! staring at the pale things. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words. Laurel turned to the mirror again! her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings. Laurel's life is the very definition of normal . . . until the morning when she wakes up to discover a flower blooming from her back. As it turns out! nothing in Laurel's life is what it seems. Now! with the help of an alluring faerie sentry who holds the key to her true past! Laurel must race to save her human family from the centuries-old faerie enemies who walk among them.

Report

"Aprilynne Pike's WINGS is a remarkable debut; the ingenuity of the mythology is matched only by the startling loveliness with which the story unfolds." - Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight saga
"In the current crop of supernatural romances, this one stands out. Silky narration...delicious escapism." - Kirkus Reviews
"The book has a nice mix of danger and romance, with well-developed characters and a quick-moving plot." - School Library Journal

Product details

• Authors: Aprilynne Pike
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.05.2011
• EAN: 9780061668050
• ISBN: 978-0-06-166805-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Series: HarperTeen; Pikes Tetralogie; Wings; Wings; Pikes Tetralogie
• 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: Fairy Tales & Folklore / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Action & Adventure / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Girls & Women *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Legends, Myths, Fables / Arthurian *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Family / Adoption *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Contemporary *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Romance