Kotecki, Nathan The Suburban Strange 368
pgs. Houghton Mifflin Books
for Children, 2012. $12.74. (Rating: Sexual:
PG13, Language: PG13 (sex talk -some it gay) and violence: PG).
Celia has always
been a shy artist –but since being adopted by the dark and cool Rosary clique at
her new school, well she is becoming a new person. While finding a new love for
music, intelligence, and beauty –Celia is stumbling into a world of mystery as
well. There is the interesting boy at the club who stares at her, a friend at
school who might be a witch, and a series of accidents involving virginal
birthday girls. Celia seems to be at the heart of it all.
The setting was fantastic;
the author is obviously a real aficionado of music -which students would totally dig. Honestly I was surprised to
see this funky, cool, interesting book fall quickly into the Twilight like cliché I
dread so much (beautiful, special, magic, intense yet obvious romance….). The worst
part was the virgin vs non-virgin theme that is threaded throughout the book,
it was really unnecessary and may make this book not quite right for your school
library.
HS –OPTIONAL Reviewer:
Stephanie Elementary Librarian & Author.
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