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HTML:A powerful coming-of-age novel about a seventeen-year-old girl who joins a radical environmental movement in the Pacific Northwest. Ever since her older brother Andy died, Alison's life has been just as dark as her home in Tacoma, Washington. Her mom is in perpetual mourning, her father ran out on them, and after hanging out with Andy's hard-partying friends for a year, Alison's reputation is trashed. She planned on taking the path of least resistance during her senior yearâ??hanging out with her punk rocker boyfriend and trying not to flunk out of schoolâ??until a massive fight with her mother pushes her over the edge, and she runs away. At first, joining a group of radical environmentalists who are occupying a Washington State forest is just about having a place to crash. But the ancient woods prove to be as vibrant and welcoming as they are vulnerable, and for the first time, Alison realizes that she might be more powerful than she thought. As tensions in the forest mount and confrontations with authorities get physical, Alison has to decide whether she's willing to put her own life on the line to fight for what she believes in. In this stunning literary work, Jessica Blank uses the anti-establishment and radical mood of the 1990s to show a girl grappling to find the strength and courage to do what's right . . . for the world . . . and for he No library descriptions found. |
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I feel like this would be a good recommended read for someone looking for a book similar to Looking for Alaska. Lots of the same kinds of themes and a similar age group, but instead it's set on the opposite end of the country and the main character does not have loving parents.
This book probably won't win any awards, but as a reader who remembers the 90s and has felt the magic of an old growth forest, this was exactly the book I needed to spend all night reading. ( )