They realize that no matter what happens, powers or no powers, they’ll always have each other.īecause there’s one thing stronger than magic: sisterhood. When April gets a vision of disaster, the girls come together to save the day and reconcile their strained family. And baby June reads minds-everyone’s but her own. Middle-child May can literally disappear. But could they have a greater purpose?Īpril, the oldest and a bit of a worrier, can see the future. Powers that help them cope with the hardest year of their lives. Three sisters share a magical, unshakeable bond in this witty high-concept novel from the critically acclaimed author of Audrey, Wait! Around the time of their parents’ divorce, sisters April, May, and June recover special powers from childhood-powers that come in handy navigating the hell that is high school.

She attended college at both New York University and the University of California at Los Angeles. I couldn’t imagine ever letting them go again, like releasing them would be to surrender the best parts of myself. Robin Benway is an author of young adult fiction from Orange County, USA. Used book with good condition, there is no highlighting or markings on the.

I hugged my sisters and they fit against my sides like two jigsaw pieces that would never fit anywhere else. When Evan calls her for the first time in the months since their breakup, for example, he apologizes by saying, “We’ve been on tour in Japan.” Audrey’s reply: “I’ve been on tour in hell.The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, & June The story also is believable on an emotional level, something that could have been difficult to pull off considering the origins of Audrey’s distress. Strong as that lesson is, it’s conveyed subtly because the writing is so quick-witted and fast-paced. After her ex-boyfriends song about their breakup. Published in this unprecedented age of obsession with celebrity, “Audrey, Wait!” is both timely and thought provoking, shedding light on fame as a victimizer. 'Audrey, Wait' (15) by Robin Benway is a funny read about Audrey Cuttler, an ordinary girl who wants to live her life to the fullest. Audrey is the subject of bathroom graffiti, Internet message boards, cellphone hackers, MTV discussions and paparazzi stakeouts, all of which are enough to make her stalk “upstairs to my room, where I slammed my bedroom door two times in a row just because it felt good.”Īnyone who’s felt the slightest smidgen of sympathy for Britney Spears will enjoy this humorous, energetic and intelligent coming-of-age story as it examines fame’s underbelly through its unwilling heroine. Audrey, Wait was generally well-received, including a starred review from Publishers Weekly, 1 who said, 'Audrey's phenomenal celebrity seems unlikely but she herself feels completely believable, and readers will find her both sympathetic and funny.

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