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Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart (2010, Hardcover)

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Kephart, Beth. Very Good dust jacket. Internal SKU: M03H-00569.

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It is 1876, the year of the Centennial in Philadelphia. Katherine has lost her twin sister Anna in a tragic skating accident. One wickedly hot September day, Katherine sets out for the exhibition grounds to cut short the haunted life she no longer wants to live. Filled with vivid detail that artfully brings the past to life, National Book Award nominee Beth Kepart's DANGEROUS NEIGHBORS is a timeless and finely crafted novel about betrayal and guilt, hope and despair, love, loss, and new beginnings. Publisher s Weekly Starred ReviewSet in Philadelphia against the back-drop of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition (the first World s Fair in the U.S.), this atmospheric novel traces the sentiments of grief-stricken Katherine, whose identical twin sister, Anna, died in a tragic accident earlier in the year. As the novel opens, Katherine, who feels responsible for Anna s death, has decided to take her own life. Again and again, she is drawn to the exhibition grounds. Here, futuristic marvels and unexpected events-including a disastrous fire- detain her from completing her suicidal mission. Losing herself in a throng of strangers, she examines her past, recalling the development of her sister s secret romance with a dangerous neighbor and the final sequence of events that led to Anna s death. Conjuring sharp, meticulously detailed images of fair exhibitions ( The wonders of the world slide past. Parisian corsets cavorting on their pedestals. Vases on lacquered shelves. Folding beds. Walls of cutlery. The sweetest assortment of sugar-colored pills, all set to sail on a yacht ), Kephart ("The Heart is Not a Size") evokes a tantalizing portrait of love, remorse, and redemption. Ages 12-up. ("Aug.")"

Product Identifiers

PublisherFarshore

ISBN-101606840800

ISBN-139781606840801

eBay Product ID (ePID)80474749

Product Key Features

Book TitleDangerous Neighbors

TopicSocial Themes / Death & Dying, Historical / United States / General, Social Themes / Depression & Mental Illness, General, Family / Siblings, Historical / United States / 19th Century

Publication Year2010

LanguageEnglish

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorBeth Kephart

FormatHardcover