[LM_NET] SEC Book Review: Bliss by Lauren Myracle

[Naomi Bates <nbates@NISDTX.ORG>]

Published by Amulet Books;  release:  September 2008
I started hearing discussion about this book and had to read it!! 
Lauren Myracle (TTYL, TTFN) writes a book set in the sixties but with a
twist of the macabre.  Teens who pick up this book will soon become
involved in Bliss's life and the terror she is trying desperately to
avoid.  Bliss, a hippy who is suddenly dropped off at her rich
grandmother's house in Atlanta in 1969, doesn't know much about social
etiquette, much less high school.  But her life changes when she enrolls
at Crestview High School.  She likes her friends and even more, she is
seriously crushing on Mitchell, who is returning the favor.  But there
is something weird about Crestview.  It's a sense she's getting - she
really REALLY doesn't like Hamilton Hall, especially room 313....
During school, she decides to go "against the grain" in her established
school and befriends Sandy, the girl whom everyone avoids for good
reason - but Bliss doesn't care.  She soon begins to change her mind
when she sees Sandy's dark side and knows that Sandy wants her for the
"assimilation" that will soon be happening in room 313.  
Bliss tries desperately to break away, but it may be too little too
late.  
If you know teens who love the supernatural, be sure to put this in your
collection!  Review posted on my blog:
naomibates.blogspot.com



Naomi Bates
Northwest High School Library

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