Lawrence, Michael. A crack in the Line.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)

Kliatt | November 1, 2005| | Copyright

LAWRENCE, Michael. A crack in the line. (The Withern Rise Trilogy.) HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 323p. c2003. 0-06-072479-X. $7.99. JS *

A haunting passage introduces readers to 16-year-olds Alaric and Naia: "They shared a history, a lineage, memories, and had lived all their lives in the same house, Withern Rise, where they had occupied the same room, done the same things ... and yet ... they had never met." Two years after the death of his mother, Alaric's life is not all he wishes it to be. His father's girlfriend is moving in and the house is in great disrepair. ...

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