WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER AWARD • A heartwarming coming-of-age tale that explores the journey of self-discovery that comes with growing up.
"A terrific mix of imagination, insight, character inventiveness and kindness create the kind of read that nourishes young minds and hearts."-Kirkus Reviews
"A fantastic book. . . . Pat Murphy's wonderful girls are as real and as lovable as characters get."-Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club
Twelve-year-old Joan is sure that she is going to be miserable in her new home. Then she meets a kindred spirit: Sarah, who prefers to be called "Fox" and who lives with her writer father in a rundown house in the middle of the woods.
Joan and Sarah-Newt and Fox-spend all their spare time outside, talking and fooling around, and soon start writing stories together. When they win first place in a student fiction contest, they're recruited for a prestigious summer writing class taught by a free spirit named Verla Volante.
The Wild Girls is a stunning novel about friendship, the power of story, and how coming of age means finding your own answers-rather than simply taking adults on faith.
Autorentext
Pat Murphy lives in San Francisco, California.
Klappentext
It?s 1972. Twelve-year-old Joan is sure that she is going to be miserable when her family moves. Then she meets a most unusual girl. Sarah prefers to be called ?Fox,? and lives with her author dad in a rundown house in the middle of the woods. The two girls start writing their own stories together, and when one wins first place in a student contest, they find themselves recruited for a summer writing class taught by the equally unusual Verla Volante. The Wild Girls brilliantly explores friendship, the power of story, and how coming of age means finding your own answers.