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YA
Sixteen-year-old Sylvie ditches her ballet training to search for her older sister Julia, a former ballerina who left town after a career-ending injury. Along the way, Sylvie sees mysterious fairy-tale visions, deals with her own uncertainties about ballet, and falls in love. McNally's prose is an intoxicating blend of witty, magical, and melancholy. The fairy-tale theme entwines gracefully with real-life hope and heartbreak, making this a poignant read.
343 pp.
| HarperTeen
| November, 2016
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-243624-5$17.99
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YA
While visiting her older sister in New York City, Phoebe confronts her long-absent father and develops feelings for the bassist in her sister's band. Interspersed throughout are vignettes from the marriage and breakup of Phoebe's parents, who were members of a famous band in the nineties. Though this debut novel moves at a ponderous pace, its prose is lyrical.