One Great Lie by Deb Caletti (English) Hardcover Book

Description: One Great Lie by Deb Caletti Charlottes dream of a summer writing workshop in Venice with her favorite author brings the chance to investigate the mysterious poet in her familys past, meet fascinating new people, and learn truths about her idol. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Four starred reviews! A "quietly triumphant" (Horn Book Magazine) and atmospheric YA story of romance, mystery, and power about a young woman discovering her strength in lush, sultry Venice—from the Printz Honor–winning author of A Heart in a Body in the World. When Charlotte wins a scholarship to a writing workshop in Venice with the charismatic and brilliant Luca Bruni, its a dream come true. Writing is her passion, she loves Brunis books, and going to that romantic and magical sinking city gives her the chance to solve a long-time family mystery about a Venetian poet deep in their lineage, Isabella Di Angelo, who just might be the real author of a very famous poem. Brunis villa on the eerie island of La Calamita is extravagant—lush beyond belief, and the other students are both inspiring and intimidating. Venice itself is beautiful, charming, and seductive, but so is Luca Bruni. As his behavior becomes increasingly unnerving, and as Charlotte begins to unearth the long-lost work of Isabella with the help of sweet, smart Italian Dante, other things begin to rise, too—secrets about the past…and secrets about the present. As the events of the summer build to a shattering climax, Charlotte will be forced to confront some dark truths about the history of powerful men—and about the determination of creative girls. Author Biography Deb Caletti is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of over sixteen books for adults and young adults, including Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, a finalist for the National Book Award; A Heart in a Body in the World, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; Girl, Unframed; and One Great Lie. Her books have also won the Josette Frank Award for Fiction, the Washington State Book Award, and numerous other state awards and honors, and she was a finalist for the PEN USA Award. She lives with her family in Seattle. Review * "Printz Honoree Caletti leads her readers through intertwined stories of sexual harassment and misogyny with assurance and a fierce feminism, all while steeping her prose in sensory detail that creates an atmosphere of mystery." -- Booklist, Starred Review* "[A] work that is respectful and restrained yet powerful and emotional. . .The introspective and quiet narrative is beautifully written, with rich sensory details and nuanced explorations of sexuality, artistic motivation, loneliness, and jealousy . . . " -- School Library Journal, Starred Review* "Third-person–present narration foreshadows the dreadful events to come, giving the story a fairy-tale tone and inspiring readers to absorb every luminous detail as the narrative slows down to describe Venice in gorgeous, flowing prose. . . A potent story of how one young woman finds the power to write her own story." -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review* "The incisive and sharply written, place-laden book balances its contemporary #MeToo narrative with Charlottes passionate investigation . . . watching Charlotte [is] empowering." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review"Sumptuous descriptions bring the cityscape to life as Charlotte basks in both Venices haunting beauty and (at least at first) Brunis intoxicating presence . . . Caletti weaves the lives of [two] striving artists together with an expert hand . . ." -- Horn Book Magazine"Caletti superbly depicts a powerful man accustomed to seduction as a perk of position . . . Readers may find this puts experiences of their own into context, and it will certainly give them insight into the questionable power of celebrity and talent." -- BCCB Review Quote * "Printz Honoree Caletti leads her readers through intertwined stories of sexual harassment and misogyny with assurance and a fierce feminism, all while steeping her prose in sensory detail that creates an atmosphere of mystery." Excerpt from Book Chapter One Chapter One Lucchesia Sbarra, poet. Published Rime, and possibly another volume, both lost. (1576-unknown) Picture it--the exact coordinates where Charlottes life will change and never change back: a table in the Seattle Public Library. On it--the book Biographical Encyclopedia of Literature: Sixteenth Century . Above--an angled ceiling of enormous glass panes, which makes the library feel like a space colony of the future. Just ahead--yellow escalators and green elevators, shades of disco-era neon that sometimes give Charlotte a migraine. Now picture Charlotte herself--her long dark braid is over one shoulder. Shes wearing a sweatshirt, zipped all the way up, which looks kind of goofy, but who cares--shes always cold. Shes trying to write a report on a long-ago female Renaissance poet Isabella di Angelo but can only find information about the guy everyone already knows about, Antonio Tasso. Theres tons and tons of stuff about Tasso and his poetry. But all shes been able to unearth about Isabella di Angelo is this one fact, repeated again and again. Charlottes brown eyes stare down at it: Tassos longtime paramour. Paramour : old-fashioned word for someone Tasso had sex with. Charlottes good friend Yasmin is across from her, studying for her macroeconomics test and sucking on sour apple Jolly Ranchers. Yas loves those. Whenever she leans over to talk to Charlotte, her breath is a great burst of fake-apple sweet. Charlottes boyfriend, Adam, is there too. He sits to her right, his knees touching hers under the table, the sleeves of his hoodie pushed up to his elbows. Hes always touching her like this, like shes his lucky rock, or like hes worried shell run off if he doesnt hang on. Nate sprawls in the chair next to Yasmin. Theyve been together since sophomore year, and Nate has stopped working out, and he has a little splootch of belly over his stomach, and hes on his third day in that Kurt Cobain T-shirt, and this bothers Yasmin because he doesnt seem to be trying anymore. Also, his pits have a slightly tangy odor, which is a constant problem for Yas. Its the end of spring quarter, right before break, and Charlotte and Yasmin have serious stuff to do, because theyre perpetual overachievers with lots of AP classes, and graduation is coming. Charlottes got this term paper, which is going nowhere, and Yasmins final is going to be brutal. Adam and Nate are just fucking around, though. Nate made a triangle football out of a note card, and Adam has his hands up like goalposts, and theyre flicking it back and forth and making whoops of victory and Aw! s of defeat, and theyre basically being way too loud for a library. A guy with a big beard and a backpack scowls at them. A little kid stares, wide-eyed, like theyre a riveting puppet show, maybe wishing he could get away with stuff like that. "Guys, stop ," Yasmin says. "Show some maturity ." She sounds like her mother right then, Charlotte thinks. Yasmins mom is very serious, and always on her case about her grades even though she gets straight As. But Charlotte wants them to knock it off too. She and Yas are both the polite, anxious sort of people who worry about getting in trouble. She wishes she werent, but she cant help it. Nate tries to grab Yasmins butt, and she pulls away, annoyed. Charlotte looks up to see if the librarian is watching. And thats when it happens: Charlottes eyes scoot in a fateful arc, from Nates hand on Yasmins butt, across the space of the library, stopping just short of the librarians desk, because there it is, that flyer. Its posted on a noticeboard hanging on the wall by the bank of escalators. Shes not sure why she didnt see it before, because the words practically call out to her now, which is a clich Details ISBN1534463178 Author Deb Caletti Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1534463178 ISBN-13 9781534463172 Format Hardcover Imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers Pages 384 Publisher Simon & Schuster UK Release Date 2021-06-01 Audience Age 14-99 Place of Publication New York, NY Country of Publication United States Illustrations f-c jkt (fx: spot gloss on matte film); digital NZ Release Date 2021-06-01 US Release Date 2021-06-01 Publication Date 2021-06-01 Alternative 9781534463189 DEWEY 813.6 Audience Teenage / Young adult AU Release Date 2021-07-06 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137698579;

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