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Madapple

By Christina Meldrum

By Christina Meldrum

By Christina Meldrum

By Christina Meldrum

By Christina Meldrum
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By Christina Meldrum
Read by Kirsten Potter

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Mar 09, 2010 | ISBN 9780375851773 | Young Adult

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May 13, 2008 | ISBN 9780375849589 | Young Adult

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May 13, 2008 | 671 Minutes | Young Adult

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    About Madapple

    THE SECRETS OF the past meet the shocks of the present.
    Aslaug is an unusual young woman. Her mother has brought her up in near isolation, teaching her about plants and nature and language—but not about life. Especially not how she came to have her own life, and who her father might be.

    When Aslaug’s mother dies unexpectedly, everything changes. For Aslaug is a suspect in her mother’s death. And the more her story unravels, the more questions unfold. About the nature of Aslaug’s birth. About what she should do next.

    About whether divine miracles have truly happened. And whether, when all other explanations are impossible, they might still happen this very day.

    Addictive, thought-provoking, and shocking, Madapple is a page-turning exploration of human nature and divine intervention—and of the darkest corners of the human soul.

    About Madapple

    THE SECRETS OF the past meet the shocks of the present.
    Aslaug is an unusual young woman. Her mother has brought her up in near isolation, teaching her about plants and nature and language—but not about life. Especially not how she came to have her own life, and who her father might be.

    When Aslaug’s mother dies unexpectedly, everything changes. For Aslaug is a suspect in her mother’s death. And the more her story unravels, the more questions unfold. About the nature of Aslaug’s birth. About what she should do next.

    About whether divine miracles have truly happened. And whether, when all other explanations are impossible, they might still happen this very day.

    Addictive, thought-provoking, and shocking, Madapple is a page-turning exploration of human nature and divine intervention—and of the darkest corners of the human soul.

    About Madapple

    THE SECRETS OF the past meet the shocks of the present.
    Aslaug is an unusual young woman. Her mother has brought her up in near isolation, teaching her about plants and nature and language—but not about life. Especially not how she came to have her own life, and who her father might be.

    When Aslaug’s mother dies unexpectedly, everything changes. For Aslaug is a suspect in her mother’s death. And the more her story unravels, the more questions unfold. About the nature of Aslaug’s birth. About what she should do next.

    About whether divine miracles have truly happened. And whether, when all other explanations are impossible, they might still happen this very day.

    Addictive, thought-provoking, and shocking, Madapple is a page-turning exploration of human nature and divine intervention—and of the darkest corners of the human soul.

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    About Christina Meldrum

    Christina Meldrum is a former attorney and Harvard Law School graduate who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her novels include Amaryllis in Blueberry, which Publisher’s Weekly called “intoxicating” and Madapple, which was both a PEN USA Literary Award… More about Christina Meldrum

    About Christina Meldrum

    Christina Meldrum is a former attorney and Harvard Law School graduate who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her novels include Amaryllis in Blueberry, which Publisher’s Weekly called “intoxicating” and Madapple, which was both a PEN USA Literary Award… More about Christina Meldrum

    About Christina Meldrum

    Christina Meldrum is a former attorney and Harvard Law School graduate who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her novels include Amaryllis in Blueberry, which Publisher’s Weekly called “intoxicating” and Madapple, which was both a PEN USA Literary Award… More about Christina Meldrum

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Paperback | $10.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Mar 09, 2010 | 416 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780375851773

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    May 13, 2008 | 312 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780375849589

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Listening Library
    May 13, 2008 | 671 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780739367308

    Praise

    Starred Review, Booklist, April 1, 2008:
    "There is much to ponder in this enthralling achievement from a debut author."

    Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, May 1, 2008:
    "With this spellbinding debut, Meldrum marks herself as an author to watch."

    Review, Vanity Fair, June 2008:
    "In debut novelist Christina Meldrum’s mesmerizing literary mystery MADAPPLE (Knopf), the worlds of science and faith collide."

    Starred Review, Publisher’s Weekly, May 26, 2008:
    "Audiences will need some intellectual mettle for the densely seeded ideas, but they won’t be able to stop reading."

    Starred Review, School Library Journal, July 2008:
    "[A] riveting and mind-opening experience."

    Awards

    ALA Best Books for Young Adults WINNER

    Amazon Best of the Year So Far WINNER 2008

    Booklist Children’s Editors’ Choice WINNER 2008

    Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Books WINNER 2008

    New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age WINNER 2009

    New Jersey Garden State Teen Book Award NOMINEE

    Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award NOMINEE

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