Lark

✍ Scribed by Tracey Porter

• Publisher: HarperTeen;Laura Geringer Books
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 67 KB
• Edition: 1st ed
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0061122882

✦ Synopsis

Review

Praise for BILLY CREEKMORE:“Billy’s voice makes the shocking history about the lives of children at the turn of the last century come alive for readers.” (Francesca Lia Block, author of The Weetzie Bat seriesFrancesca Lia Block, author of The Weetzie Bat seriesFrancesca Lia Block, author of the Weetzie Bat series )

Praise for BILLY CREEKMORE:“Billy’s voice makes the shocking history about the lives of children at the turn of the last century come alive for readers.” (Booklist (starred review) )

“The concise narrative holds deep and honest emotions as the characters go through the stages of dealing with Lark’s untimely and gruesome death. An excellent addition to YA collections.” (School Library Journal )

“This is a haunting addition to the ‘dead girl’ genre that treats the survivors’ emotions,guilt, and pain gently and with a great deal of understanding.” (ALA Booklist )

“Haunting natural imagery depicting Lark’s gradual transformation interweaves beautifully with Porter’s nuanced portrayal of what it’s like to be a girl navigating an often confusing, sometimes dangerous world. ” (Horn Book (starred review) )

Praise for BILLY CREEKMORE:“An absorbing and eye-opening novel.” (Publishers Weekly )

Praise for BILLY CREEKMORE:“Memorable characters, completely villainous or kind, fill the pages of this picaresque novel.” (School Library Journal )

About the Author

Tracey Porter is the author of Treasures in the Dust and A Dance of Sisters. Her most recent novel, Billy Creekmore , was named to Oprah.com's Kids' Reading List, compiled by the American Library Association. For the past twenty years she has taught middle school at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.