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Jam ha sedici anni, è distrutta dalla scomparsa del suo fidanzato e fatica ad andare avanti con la sua vita. Dopo più di un anno i genitori decidono di mandarla alla Wooden Barn School, un college in campagna specializzato in ragazzi "fragili", incapaci di superare eventi tragici che hanno segnato le loro vite. All'inizio niente sembra aiutarla, poi Jam viene assegnata, insieme a pochi altri alunni, al misterioso e ambitissimo Corso Speciale d'Inglese della signora Quenell. Un unico libro da leggere e condividere, La campana di vetro di Sylvia Plath, e un diario da scrivere, in cui raccontare le proprie esperienze. La scrittura dei diari apre l'accesso a un mondo apparentemente idilliaco, un luogo in cui tutti possono continuare a vivere come se la tragedia che ha cambiato le loro vite non fosse mai avvenuta. E Jam può sentire di nuovo le parole di Reeve, la sua pelle, il tocco delle sue mani. Ma non ci vuole molto perché quel luogo incantato riveli che tutti i compagni nascondono un segreto nel loro passato. Quale sarà il segreto di Jam?
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- Pagine: 269
- Data di uscita: 29-09-2016
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Forced, predictable, patronizing, trite. Just no. I have never been so disappointed in an author. I kept reading, hoping she would redeem herself. Nope.
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4.5! I was sent this book by Penguinteen in exchange for an honest review. You know those books where you just go into them expecting ehhh, but come out of them like "holy heck this was amazing, and changed my mind set," yeah, well this was one of those books for me. I found out this novel is greatly Leggi tutto
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