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Published Jun 2012
368 pages
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History
Publication Information
What happens when happily ever after… isn't?
Delilah is a bit of a loner who prefers spending her time in the school library with her head in a book - one book in particular. Between the Lines may be a fairy tale, but it feels real. Prince Oliver is brave, adventurous, and loving. He really speaks to Delilah.
And then one day Oliver actually speaks to her. Turns out, Oliver is more than a one-dimensional storybook prince. He's a restless teen who feels trapped by his literary existence and hates that his entire life is predetermined. He's sure there's more for him out there in the real world, and Delilah might just be his key to freedom.
Delilah and Oliver work together to attempt to get Oliver out of his book, a challenging task that forces them to examine their perceptions of fate, the world, and their places in it. And as their attraction to each other grows along the way, a romance blossoms that is anything but a fairy tale.
Ages 9+
"A compulsively readable charmer... The tender, positive tone and effective pacing that builds to a satisfying finish will inspire readers to pass the book to a friend - or reread it themselves." - Booklist
"The story is peppered with pop culture references to The Hunger Games, the Kindle Fire, and the X-Men, as well as comic relief in the form of characters like a talking horse that thinks it has a weight problem. Readers... will be swept up by the romantic premise." - Publishers Weekly
"Fizzy fairy-tale fun. (Fantasy, Ages 9-13)" - Kirkus Reviews
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Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five novels, including Small Great Things, Leaving Time, The Storyteller, Lone Wolf, Sing You Home, House Rules, Handle with Care, Change of Heart, Nineteen Minutes, and My Sister's Keeper. She is also the author, with daughter Samantha van Leer, of two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. Picoult lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children.
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Link to Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer's Website
Name Pronunciation
Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer: pee-coh
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