Tuesday, September 11, 2012
All These Things I've Done, by Gabrielle Zevin
What if we lived in a time when
caffeine and anything made with caffeine was illegal contraband? Heaven forbid-I could not live without my tea
and chocolate!!! But this is the setting
for our story: a world where the crime lords smuggle caffeinated food items
from place to place. Anya Balanchine is
the teenage daughter of the Russian mafia’s now-dead boss, and she is trying to
live as normal a life as possible in addition to taking care of her two
siblings and passing high school. But
sometimes relatives just don’t leave well enough alone, especially when she is
the perceived heir to the Balanchine legacy, and she finds herself entangled in
her extended family’s doings. Throw in
the interesting new boy at school whose father happens to be the new assistant
District Attorney (and intent on dismantling the big caffeine criminal
organizations), and you’ve got yourself a quirky, fun read! For ages 15 and up.
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