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Impossible


Playaway Young Adult

School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 384

Published: 2010

Great for age 12-18 years

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This is a beautifully wrought modern fairy tale from master storyteller and award-winning American author Nancy Werlin. Lucy is seventeen when she discovers that she is the latest recipient of a generations-old family curse that requires her to complete three seemingly impossible tasks or risk falling into madness and passing the curse on to the next generation. Unlike her ancestors, though, Lucy has family, friends and love. Is it enough to keep her safe?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Playaway Young Adult .

There are 384 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2010 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Nancy Werlin is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Killer's Cousin , Rules of Survival , Black Mirror , Impossible , and a host of other young adult novels. She lives in Massachusetts.

 

This book is in the following series:

Playaway Young Adult

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
This book was recognised by the Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers.

Volunteer State Book Award - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Volunteer State Book Award.

Massachusetts Book Award
This book was recognised by the Massachusetts Book Award.

Tayshas Reading
This book was recognised by the Tayshas Reading.

Grand Canyon Reader Award - Teen
This book was recognised in the Teen category by the Grand Canyon Reader Award.

Sequoyah Book Award
This book was recognised by the Sequoyah Book Award.

Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
This book was recognised by the Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award.

Werlin earns high marks for the tale s graceful interplay between wild magic and contemporary reality. "Booklist", starred review

This unique story flows smoothly and evenly, and the well-drawn characters and subtle hints of magic early on allow readers to enter willingly into the world of fantasy. "School Library Journal", starred review

Modern logic and methodology mesh splendidly with fairy lore. . . The conclusion is startingly wholesome, comfortable and complete. . . the melding of magic and practicality provides a lovely whole. "Kirkus Reviews", starred review

 

?Werlin earns high marks for the tale's graceful interplay between wild magic and contemporary reality.? ?"Booklist", starred review

?This unique story flows smoothly and evenly, and the well-drawn characters and subtle hints of magic early on allow readers to enter willingly into the world of fantasy.? ?"School Library Journal", starred review

?Modern logic and methodology mesh splendidly with fairy lore. . . The conclusion is startingly wholesome, comfortable and complete. . . the melding of magic and practicality provides a lovely whole.? ?"Kirkus Reviews", starred review

 

"Werlin earns high marks for the tale's graceful interplay between wild magic and contemporary reality." - "Booklist," starred review

 

"This unique story flows smoothly and evenly, and the well-drawn characters and subtle hints of magic early on allow readers to enter willingly into the world of fantasy." - "School Library Journal," starred review

 

"Modern logic and methodology mesh splendidly with fairy lore. . . The conclusion is startingly wholesome, comfortable and complete. . . the melding of magic and practicality provides a lovely whole." - "Kirkus Reviews," starred review