| #3567992 in Books | 2010-08-24 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.52 x.76 x6.12l,.70 | File type: PDF | 192 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A complex, intense gem of a book|By Anna Lefler|As the general plot of DANGEROUS NEIGHBORS has been nicely summarized by several reviewers already, I won't include another recap here.
Rather, I would just like to comment on the fact that I don't believe there's another YA author out there today who's writing books with the deft emotional touch that Ms. Kephart posses|From School Library Journal|Gr 6-10–Although born 20 minutes after her twin sister, 17-year-old Katherine has always been the rescuer, the watcher, the caretaker of the two. When readers meet her, she is disconsolate from Anna's death the winter before. Sh
It is 1876, the year of the Centennial in Philadelphia. Katherine has lost her twin sister Anna in a tragic skating accident. One wickedly hot September day, Katherine sets out for the exhibition grounds to cut short the haunted life she no longer wants to live.
Filled with vivid detail that artfully brings the past to life, National Book Award nominee Beth Kepart's DANGEROUS NEIGHBORS is a timeless and finely crafted novel about betrayal and guilt, hope an...
You easily download any file type for your device.Dangerous Neighbors | Beth Kephart. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.