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Its a different world when you see it through some one elses eyes, says the mellow-voiced poet, Vera, as she teaches gifted students in a summer writing workshop. Sarah and Joan, nicknamed Fox and Newt, are 12-year-old students whose world is transformed by the class and by each other. Coleen Marlos presentation of tomboy Fox, and her gruff-voiced motorcycle-riding, sci-fi writing father, is neatly juxtaposed with her portrayal of newcomer Joan, and her more conventional, yet troubled family. The girls write and explore woods and wildlife together, supporting each other amid parental conflicts, which threaten their serentiy. Marlo ratchets up family tensions while sustaining the sense of wonder evoked in the girls moments of self-discovery. D.P.D. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine--
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It's 1972. Twelve-year-old Joan is sure that she is going to be miserable when her family moves. Then she meets a most unusual girl. Sarah prefers to be called 'Fox,' and lives with her author dad in a rundown house in the middle of the woods. The two girls start writing their own stories together, and when one wins first place in a student contest, they find themselves recruited for a summer writing class taught by the equally unusual Verla Volante. The Wild Girls brilliantly explores friendship, the power of story, and how coming of age means finding your own answers.
