Young Adult Fiction Death & Dying
Waking
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2006
- Category
- Death & Dying, Magical Realism, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Recommended Age
- 12
- Recommended Grade
- 8 to 12
- Recommended Reading age
- 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551434896
- Publish Date
- Mar 2006
- List Price
- $9.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554695546
- Publish Date
- Mar 2006
- List Price
- $7.99
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Description
Beauty is afraid to sleep—her dreams are haunted by the Shadow Lady who stalks and threatens her.
During her waking hours, Beauty's life is safe, safer than she wants it to be. Since her mother's death, her father has become so over-protective that he has locked away all the knives in the house. Her mother's death, the accident, is never discussed. Beauty has lost her desire to be an artist.
At school Beauty tries to be invisible to avoid the questions and innuendo that have arisen since her mother's death. But when a new student arrives, things begin to change. Luna is a free spirit, confident and exciting. She encourages and challenges Beauty to come out of her shell. Beauty finally admits to her attraction to Poe, a boy who lives a few doors away. Her artistic drive returns.
But as Beauty gains self-confidence, her nightmares become ever more terrifying, filled with dark images of blood and death. Beauty must now struggle to solve the riddle posed by her dreams: who is the Shadow Lady and what is the nature of her curse?
About the author
Awards
- Commended, CCBC Our Choice
Excerpt: Waking (by (author) Alyxandra Harvey-Fitzhenry)
The stars are far away and the moon is touching someone else tonight. The only sound is the wind and dry leaves crunching under my feet. I wish I was alone, but I'm not. She's here, in her black dress with its long beaded train, watching me, following me. The Shadow Lady.
And I'm lost.
Editorial Reviews
"Fitzhenry has a deft hand with her prose...a well told, magical story."
Fantasy and Science Fiction
"Harvey-Fitzhenry eloquently blends mythical language and standard teenspeak throughout."
Times Colonist
