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Nominated for the ALA's 2014 Rainbow Books! After her mother loses her battle to cancer, fifteen-year-old Destiny Moore moves from Chicago to Avalon Cove, a mysterious island in South Carolina. There, she starts a new life working part-time as a magician's assistant and living with her eccentric uncle Fred and his hottie husband, Clark. Destiny is soon befriended by two outcasts, Tasha Gordon and Topher McGentry. She accepts their invitation to accompany them to a place called Wonderland, a former boarding house owned by the enigmatic Adrianna Marveaux. It's there that Destiny meets and falls in love with Dominic, Tasha becomes enamored with Juliet, and Topher gives his heart to Pablo. When Destiny uncovers the reason she and her friends have really been brought to Wonderland, she's faced with the most crucial choice of her life.
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David-Matthew Barnes is an author, playwright, poet, and screenwriter. He loves tacos, a great love story, white carnations, old movies, all things Tiki, and everything written by Judy Blume.
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"Some books just beg to be screenplays...they're so visual and create such vivid pictures in their readers' minds that you naturally want to see them on the big screen. That's what you get with David-Matthew Barnes' new YA book, Wonderland...if you pass this by because it's for young adults, you'll be missing one of the most intensely filmable pieces I've read in a long time. Almost every scene here would look wonderful in IMAX." Out in Print: Queer Book Reviews
"After her mother's death from cancer, Destiny is sent to the tiny South Carolina island of Avalon Cove to live with her uncle and his partner... there are plenty of warm moments between Destiny and her new family." Kirkus Review
"Barnes is known for his unique and creative fiction, and this novel, appropriate for teens and adults, continues in that vein. It's valuable for all as a look at LGBT teens, tolerance, embracing differences in each other, as well as an interesting perspective on fate and the hereafter. Absolutely loved it and you likely will too. Five stars out of five." Bob Lind, Echo Magazine
"The plot and general concept of this was great and quite refreshing after so much angsty YA stuff...I also really loved the relationships and pairings in this...there was this recurring idea about what truly makes a family come to life." The Perks of Being a Bookworm
"...this touching young adult book about giving others a second chance...is a well-written story of true love and friendship that anyone can appreciate...Barnes calls upon the reader to consider the meaning of true love and friendship as well as the reasons for sacrifice. Although this novel belongs in any youth collection, adults will also appreciate the descriptive and evocative writing." The GLBT Round Table of the American Library Association
"After her mother's death from cancer, Destiny is sent to the tiny South Carolina island of Avalon Cove to live with her uncle and his partner... there are plenty of warm moments between Destiny and her new family." Kirkus Review
"Barnes is known for his unique and creative fiction, and this novel, appropriate for teens and adults, continues in that vein. It's valuable for all as a look at LGBT teens, tolerance, embracing differences in each other, as well as an interesting perspective on fate and the hereafter. Absolutely loved it and you likely will too. Five stars out of five." Bob Lind, Echo Magazine
"The plot and general concept of this was great and quite refreshing after so much angsty YA stuff...I also really loved the relationships and pairings in this...there was this recurring idea about what truly makes a family come to life." The Perks of Being a Bookworm
"...this touching young adult book about giving others a second chance...is a well-written story of true love and friendship that anyone can appreciate...Barnes calls upon the reader to consider the meaning of true love and friendship as well as the reasons for sacrifice. Although this novel belongs in any youth collection, adults will also appreciate the descriptive and evocative writing." The GLBT Round Table of the American Library Association
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- PublisherBold Strokes Books
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1602827885
- ISBN 13 9781602827882
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages264
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