Martine Murray is the author of THE SLIGHTLY TRUE STORY OF CEDAR B. HARTLEY, which received three starred reviews and was named to Booklist's roundup of Top Ten First Novels for Youth. She lives in Victoria, Australia.
-Although Mannie's defining attributes--acute self-consciousness
and claustrophobic intensity--are hallmarks of many YA heroines,
Murray's powerful lyrical voice and close observation breathe new
life into them. The story's forward momentum is occasionally
diverted by an outpouring of images and insights, but eventually
Mannie and the readers get back on the road, and any detours just
add to the pleasure. First published in Australia in 2003, the
novel offers an especially vivid sense of place--the harsh but open
rural landscape and densely populated yet lonely, urban Melbourne.-
-- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
-Murray's style is crystalline and meditative . . . It's crafted in
polished and deftly spun prose. . . . Readers who appreciate style
and mood even more than plot will be glad to find her.- -- Bulletin
of the Center for Children's Books
-Murray crafts beautiful and evocative prose to mark each turn in
Mannie's inward and outward journeys, all while maintaining tension
in revealing who, within the family, has departed and how. . . .
Readers of John Marsden, Melina Marchetta, and Judith Clarke will
find a welcome addition to the pantheon of Australian young-adult
authors.- -- Booklist
Although Mannie s defining attributesacute self-consciousness and
claustrophobic intensityare hallmarks of many YA heroines, Murray s
powerful lyrical voice and close observation breathe new life into
them. The story s forward momentum is occasionally diverted by an
outpouring of images and insights, but eventually Mannie and the
readers get back on the road, and any detours just add to the
pleasure. First published in Australia in 2003, the novel offers an
especially vivid sense of placethe harsh but open rural landscape
and densely populated yet lonely, urban Melbourne. -- Kirkus
Reviews, starred review
Murray s style is crystalline and meditative . . . It s crafted in
polished and deftly spun prose. . . . Readers who appreciate style
and mood even more than plot will be glad to find her. -- Bulletin
of the Center for Children s Books
"Murray crafts beautiful and evocative prose to mark each turn in
Mannie s inward and outward journeys, all while maintaining tension
in revealing who, within the family, has departed and how. . . .
Readers of John Marsden, Melina Marchetta, and Judith Clarke will
find a welcome addition to the pantheon of Australian young-adult
authors." -- Booklist
"
-Although Mannie's defining attributes--acute self-consciousness
and claustrophobic intensity--are hallmarks of many YA heroines,
Murray's powerful lyrical voice and close observation breathe new
life into them. The story's forward momentum is occasionally
diverted by an outpouring of images and insights, but eventually
Mannie and the readers get back on the road, and any detours just
add to the pleasure. First published in Australia in 2003, the
novel offers an especially vivid sense of place--the harsh but open
rural landscape and densely populated yet lonely, urban Melbourne.-
-- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
-Murray's style is crystalline and meditative . . . It's crafted in
polished and deftly spun prose. . . . Readers who appreciate style
and mood even more than plot will be glad to find her.- --
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
-Murray crafts beautiful and evocative prose to mark each turn in
Mannie's inward and outward journeys, all while maintaining tension
in revealing who, within the family, has departed and how. . . .
Readers of John Marsden, Melina Marchetta, and Judith Clarke will
find a welcome addition to the pantheon of Australian young-adult
authors.- -- Booklist
Although Mannie s defining attributesacute self-consciousness and
claustrophobic intensityare hallmarks of many YA heroines, Murray s
powerful lyrical voice and close observation breathe new life into
them. The story s forward momentum is occasionally diverted by an
outpouring of images and insights, but eventually Mannie and the
readers get back on the road, and any detours just add to the
pleasure. First published in Australia in 2003, the novel offers an
especially vivid sense of placethe harsh but open rural landscape
and densely populated yet lonely, urban Melbourne. -- Kirkus
Reviews, starred review
Murray s style is crystalline and meditative . . . It s crafted in
polished and deftly spun prose. . . . Readers who appreciate style
and mood even more than plot will be glad to find her. --
Bulletin of the Center for Children s Books
"Murray crafts beautiful and evocative prose to mark each turn in
Mannie s inward and outward journeys, all while maintaining tension
in revealing who, within the family, has departed and how. . . .
Readers of John Marsden, Melina Marchetta, and Judith Clarke will
find a welcome addition to the pantheon of Australian young-adult
authors." -- Booklist
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