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Anxious Hearts


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Anxious Hearts

Contributors:

By (Author) Tucker Shaw

ISBN:

9780810997110

Publisher:

Abrams

Imprint:

Abrams

Publication Date:

1st November 2011

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Young Adult

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

813.6

Physical Properties

Number of Pages:

272

Dimensions:

Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 19mm

Weight:

300g

Description

Eva and Gabe explore the golden forest of their seaside Maine town, unknowingly tracing the footsteps of two teens, Evangeline and Gabriel, who once lived in the idyllic wooded village of Acadia more than one hundred years ago. On the day that Evangeline and Gabriel were to be wed, their village was attacked and the two were separated. And now, in the present, Gabe has mysteriously disappeared from Eva.

A dreamlike, loose retelling of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous love poem "Evangeline," Anxious Hearts tells an epic tale of unrequited love and the hope that true love can be found.

"The blustery landscapes and their intimate connection to the characters' plight are reminiscent . . . of certain scenes spent in seaside forests by a similarly thwarted vampire/human teen couple. It is [the] power to evoke both admired historical fiction and hot teen literature that will prove this novel's success." --School Library Journal

"Shaw's creative telling of these dual sagas will keep the reader turning pages to discover how and when the lives of these characters will converge." --ALAN Review

Author Bio

Tucker Shaw, who has been featured on the Today show, is the author of Everything I Ate and many popular books for teens, including Confessions of a Backup Dancer. His previous Amulet novel, The Girls, was a twist on Clare Booth Luce's classic play The Women. He lives in Denver, where he is a food editor for the Denver Post.

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