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Zusatztext "Trigiani (Big Stone Gap) takes the familiar boarding school milieu and gives it some welcome nuance and a refreshingly grounded feel in her debut YA work. [She] offers a realistic look at the ever-shifting bonds of friendship and the adjustment to one's first taste of life away from home." Informationen zum Autor Beloved by millions of readers around the world for her "dazzling" novels ( USA Today ), Adriana Trigiani is “a master of palpable and visual detail” ( Washington Post ) and “a comedy writer with a heart of gold” ( New York Times ). She is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including her latest, The Good Left Undone- an instant New York Times best seller, Book of the Month pick and People’s Book of the Week. Her work is published in 38 languages around the world. An award-winning playwright, television writer/producer and filmmaker, Adriana’s screen credits include writer/director of the major motion picture of her debut novel, Big Stone Gap , the adaptation of her novel Very Valentine and director of Then Came You . Adriana grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where she co-founded The Origin Project , an in-school writing program serving over 1,700 students in Appalachia. She is at work on her next novel for Dutton at Penguin Random House. Follow Adriana on Facebook and Instagram @AdrianaTrigiani and on TikTok @AdrianaTrigianiAuthor or visit her website: AdrianaTrigiani.com. Join Adriana’s Facebook LIVE show, Adriana Ink , in conversation with the world’s greatest authors- Tuesdays at 3 PM EST! For more from Adriana’s interviews, you can subscribe to her Meta “Bulletin” column, Adriana Spills the Ink : adrianatrigiani.bulletin.com/subscribe. Klappentext I'm marooned. Abandoned. Left to rot in boarding school . . . There are four reasons why Viola Chesterton knows she'll never survive her first year at Prefect Academy: Her parents have heartlessly dropped her there against her willShe has to leave behind her Best Friend Forever And Always, Andrew. . . and replace him with three new roommates who, disturbingly, actually seem to like it there"There" is South Bend, Indiana--Sherbet-Colored Sweater Capital of the World and about as far away from her hometown of Brooklyn, New York, as you can getAt least she has her video camera and her dreams of being a filmmaker to keep her busy. But boarding school, and her roommates, and even the Midwest are nothing like she thought they would be, and soon Viola realizes she may be in for the most incredible year of her life. But first she has to put the camera down and let the world in. Zusammenfassung I'm marooned. Abandoned. Left to rot in boarding school . . . There are four reasons why Viola Chesterton knows she'll never survive her first year at Prefect Academy: Her parents have heartlessly dropped her there against her will She has to leave behind her Best Friend Forever And Always! Andrew . . . and replace him with three new roommates who! disturbingly! actually seem to like it there "There" is South Bend! Indiana—Sherbet-Colored Sweater Capital of the World and about as far away from her hometown of Brooklyn! New York! as you can get At least she has her video camera and her dreams of being a filmmaker to keep her busy. But boarding school! and her roommates! and even the Midwest are nothing like she thought they would be! and soon Viola realizes she may be in for the most incredible year of her life. But first she has to put the camera down and let the world in. ...
