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Wild Beauty

AUTHOR McLemore, Anna-Marie
PUBLISHER Square Fish (10/09/2018)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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In Wild Beauty, acclaimed YA author Anna-Marie McLemore introduces a spellbinding setting and two characters who are drawn together by fate--and pulled apart by reality.

Love grows such strange things.

For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, the lush estate gardens that enchant guests from around the world. They've also hidden a tragic legacy: if they fall in love too deeply, their lovers vanish. But then, after generations of vanishings, a strange boy appears in the gardens.

The boy is a mystery to Estrella, the Nomeolvides girl who finds him, and to her family, but he's even more a mystery to himself; he knows nothing more about who he is or where he came from than his first name. As Estrella tries to help Fel piece together his unknown past, La Pradera leads them to secrets as dangerous as they are magical in this stunning exploration of love, loss, and family.

Anna-Marie McLemore's debut novel The Weight of Feathers garnered fabulous reviews and was a finalist for the prestigious YALSA Morris Award, and her second novel, When the Moon was Ours, was longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

Praise for Wild Beauty:

"No one does magical realism quite like McLemore, and this third novel, laced with slow-burning suspense, folklore, romance, and spun together with exquisite, luxuriant prose, proves it. . . . Sheer magic: fierce, bright, and blazing with possibility." --Booklist, starred review

"A solid, must-have addition to McLemore's growing body of work, this fantastical tale will delight her fans and entice a new audience." --School Library Journal, starred review

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ISBN-13: 9781250180735
ISBN-10: 1250180732
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 368
Carton Quantity: 24
Product Dimensions: 5.30 x 1.10 x 8.20 inches
Weight: 0.60 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product, Ikids
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Young Adult Fiction | Romance - Contemporary
Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - Contemporary
Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - Romance
Grade Level: 8th Grade - 12th Grade
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Guided Reading Level: Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal: FIC
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In Wild Beauty, acclaimed YA author Anna-Marie McLemore introduces a spellbinding setting and two characters who are drawn together by fate--and pulled apart by reality.

Love grows such strange things.

For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, the lush estate gardens that enchant guests from around the world. They've also hidden a tragic legacy: if they fall in love too deeply, their lovers vanish. But then, after generations of vanishings, a strange boy appears in the gardens.

The boy is a mystery to Estrella, the Nomeolvides girl who finds him, and to her family, but he's even more a mystery to himself; he knows nothing more about who he is or where he came from than his first name. As Estrella tries to help Fel piece together his unknown past, La Pradera leads them to secrets as dangerous as they are magical in this stunning exploration of love, loss, and family.

Anna-Marie McLemore's debut novel The Weight of Feathers garnered fabulous reviews and was a finalist for the prestigious YALSA Morris Award, and her second novel, When the Moon was Ours, was longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

Praise for Wild Beauty:

"No one does magical realism quite like McLemore, and this third novel, laced with slow-burning suspense, folklore, romance, and spun together with exquisite, luxuriant prose, proves it. . . . Sheer magic: fierce, bright, and blazing with possibility." --Booklist, starred review

"A solid, must-have addition to McLemore's growing body of work, this fantastical tale will delight her fans and entice a new audience." --School Library Journal, starred review

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Author: McLemore, Anna-Marie
ANNA-MARIE MCLEMORE was born in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and grew up in a Mexican-American family. She attended University of Southern California on a Trustee Scholarship. A Lambda Literary Fellow, she has had work featured by the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, CRATE Literary Magazine's "cratelit", "Camera Obscura"'s Bridge the Gap Series, and "The Portland Review". "The Weight of Feathers "is her first novel.
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