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Synopsis
When she begins receiving bizarre threatening messages from someone who seems to know her every move, teenage Ashley, after seeking help from the neighborhood tough guy, comes to realize that she alone can end the stalker's reign of terror.
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Gillian Cross is one of Britain's most prominent children's authors. She has won both the major awards - the Whitbread Children's Novel Award and the Carnegie Medal - and many others.
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Grade 7-10-Fourteen-year-old Ashley's life is circumscribed by near poverty, her invalid mother's dependence upon her, and the insensitive attentions of her gossipy best friend. Ash finds solace from her grinding dailiness by scaling physical and artistic heights as a graffiti tagger in her shabby English neighborhood. By day she is virtuous and shy, but her nocturnal activities are her secret pride and she is sure that no one will guess her identity as "Cindy." But after she scales the neighborhood grocery and leaves her tag, someone starts leaving her threatening notes-and worse-at home, addressed to Cindy. Ashley finds protection with a neighborhood gang run by a 30-something fellow who seems to have salvaged other imperiled teens and adults, too. She becomes friendly with one of the gangster's young minions, believing that she will find help in unmasking the stalker. This is excellent and swiftly paced storytelling. Although Ashley is the only fully realized character, her story will attract general YA readers as well as inveterate thrill seekers. Each chapter concludes with a page or two of narrative from the vantage point of one of the supporting characters, allowing readers to anticipate Ashley's revelations without giving away the thrilling climax. Briticisms in no way intrude on the immediate apprehension of scenes, activities, or vivid details. A taut and exciting read that will prove a ready booktalking prospect.
Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA
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Oxford University Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 0192718045
ISBN 13: 9780192718044
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Seller: Hamelyn, Madrid, M, Spain
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Condition: Como nuevo. : Tightrope es una novela juvenil de Gillian Cross, publicada en 1999 por Oxford University Press. La historia sigue a Ashley, una adolescente que comienza a recibir mensajes amenazantes de alguien que parece conocer todos sus movimientos. Desesperada, busca la ayuda del chico duro del barrio, pero pronto se da cuenta de que solo ella puede poner fin al reinado de terror de su acosador. Una historia de suspense y valentía en la que Ashley deberá enfrentarse a sus miedos para recuperar su vida. EAN: 9780192718044 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Infantil y Juvenil|Literatura y Ficción Título: Tightrope Autor: Gillian Cross Editorial: Oxford University Press Idioma: en Páginas: 209 Formato: tapa dura. Seller Inventory # Happ-2022-02-17-171541
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