Richly atmospheric, this daring mystery mines the secrets of a tightly knit southern community and examines the strength of will it takes to go against everyone you know in. From the moment i started this book, i knew id better make myself comfortable. The book has been awarded with milwaukee county teen book. Childrens author lauren myracle may be the only person who can lay claim to the title of being a former national book award finalist. Last year the national book awards made a mistake and announced that your book shine was a finalistthen took it back and said there had been a mistake. Many of the people in the town assumed it was a hate crime since patrick is gay, but cat thought differently.
When her gay best friend is brutally beaten in contemporary black creek, n. Lauren myracle, the author of shine, withdrew from the shortlist for the national book awards on monday, soon after she was mistakenly. She stopped talking to her friends and family, stopped. Lauren myracles shine was erroneously nominated for the national book award. Parents need to know that shine is about a girl trying to solve a crime. Author interview lauren myracle, author of shine bookpage. Shine by lauren myracle published by amulet books on may 1st 2011 genres. Lauren myracle is a graduate of the vermont college mfa program in writing for children and young adults. Lauren myracle mackenzie hill turning point setting the turning point in the story is when cat and jasonthe person cat falls in love with get a lead form balieeann which leads them to go to a gay bar. Smart, fearless, and compassionate, this is an unforgettable work from a beloved author. There they find a man and they ask him questions about patricks. It begins as a tragedy and resolves into an almost happy ending. Shine novel shine is a 2011 young adult mystery novel by lauren myracle.
Bullying, homelessness, lgbtq, mysteries and detective stories pages. Having been raised in the rural south, i confess to chucking aside many a book. When her best guy friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteenyearold cat sets out to discover who in her small town did it. Lauren myracle on why her books top list that america.
The narrator is 16yearold cat, who is on a mission to find her former best friends assailant. The book was published on may 1, 2011, and follows a teenage girl investigating a hate crime. Shine by lauren myracle published april 21, 2011 three years ago, after the event, cat slowly left the world to hide inside her own shell. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Myracle bliss paints the desperate poverty and bitter divisions within cats. Lauren myracle is the new york times bestselling author of the internet girls trilogyttyl, ttfn, and l8r, g8ras well as rhymes with witches, bliss, and the new flower powerseries, among many other books for teens and young adults. She is the author of the new york times bestselling internet girls trilogy ttyl, ttfn, and l8r, g8r and rhymes with witches, among many other books for teenagers and young people. She stopped talking to her friends and family, stopped singing and left her outgoing nature behind. All you have to do is look for the light of his love. The main characters of this young adult, mystery story are. Lauren myracle withdraws shine from national book awards.
The book was published on may 1, 2011, and follows a teenage girl investigating a hate crime involving the beating and neardeath of her best friend in a small, north carolina town. Although the unnomination sparked a lot of controversy, the ensuing publicity increased sales of her book and many other teens have now had an opportunity to read shine. In a world of elite magic academies, weird and wonderful things happen when youre sent off to public school. Shine by lauren myracle overdrive rakuten overdrive. She lives in fort collins, colorado, with her family. The first edition of the novel was published in may 1st 2011, and was written by lauren myracle. Shine is most and foremost a story about smalltown bigotry. Fiction when her best guy friend falls victim to what seems like a vicious hate crime, sixteenyearold cat sets out to discover who in her small town did it. Richly atmospheric, this daring mystery mines the secrets of a tightly knit southern community and examines the strength of will. Lauren myracles shine uses atmosphere and suspense to examine smalltown life and the intolerance and complexities that can underlie it.
Shine bowled me over, knocked my socks off, and left me breathless. She grew up in atlanta and lives in fort collins, colorado, with her husband and their three young children. The story is that powerful, the craft that stunning, the characters that compelling. It is a book that will surely linger in my mind for days to come. I was hooked from the first few pages and im still thinking about it, days after i finished the book. Shine by lauren myracle in chm, djvu, rtf download ebook. Overview when her best guy friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteenyearold cat sets out to discover who in her small town did it. Shine is many things a detective story and an examination of place, poverty, and family. Like god loves you even on your blackest days, and he will always, always be there to guide you home.
An openly gay teen has been severely beaten leaving him in a coma, and a slur was written on his chest in blood. Richly atmospheric, this daring mystery mines the secrets of a tightly knit southern community and examines the strength of will it takes to go against everyone you know in the name of justice. Patrick probably had blisters erupting around his mouth, that was one thing i read on the medical sites i pulled up. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, may not be included. After her teen novel, shine, was identified in a live october 12 broadcast as one of five finalists for the national book award in young peoples literature, the.
Shine is the story of a hate crime, or so it seems. This is one of the few times myracle uses inverted syntax in the novel. Best methods to build rapport anthony robbins duration. Now seventeen, cat spends most of her time alone, reading her way out of blackcreek, the tiny. But no one, including the sheriff, knows what actually happenedso cat makes it her mission to find the. Characters in the poor mountain community face other difficulties. When her best guy friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteenyea. Cats dear friend patrick has been savagely beaten and left in a coma, and everyone in town knows its because hes gay. Shine, by lauren myracle, portrays the residents of a small north carolina town in the aftermath of a vicious crime. Cats childhood gay friend patrick is brutally assaulted hit with a baseball bat, tied to a gas pump with a.
We do not collect or store information about visitors of our site. Popular quotes the proudest, the most independent of women, if i can but succeed in communicating my passion to her, will follow me unreasoningly, unquestioningly, doing. Shine by lauren myracle the compelling plot patrick had been beaten and left for dead at the nearby gas station in the small town of black creek, north carolina. Refer to this beforeandafter picture of lauren conrad to reaffirm divergent study guide chapters 7 9 for further reading writing help how to write literary analysis suggested essay topics how to cite this sparknote chapters 7 9 summary chapters 7 9 page 1 page 2 summary. There was no way i was getting up before i finished it.
The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 350 pages and is available in hardcover format. With the nation focusing on the consequences of bullying in schools, and with hate crimes against lgbtq youth still a consistent. Pdf shine book by lauren myracle free download 350 pages. I was wary at first to read this due to the dark nature of the story. Shine is the first book i have read by lauren myracle, who has authored many young adult books. Lauren myracle, an author of youngadult literature, was named to the short list last wednesday for shine, a novel about the experience of a gay teenager who is the victim of a hate crime.
When cat was thirteen, she was best friends with patrick, but then something happened and she stopped speaking to most people. The protagonist describes being sexually assaulted by an older boy, and when she continues her investigation into the beating, shes. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Shine by lauren myracle 2012, cd, unabridged for sale. Shine is a 2011 young adult mystery novel by lauren myracle. Against a backdrop of poverty, clannishness, drugs, and intolerance, myracle has crafted a harrowing comingofage tale couched in a deeply intelligent mystery. I havent read that series, but its pretty safe to say shine is nothing like those stories about girls texting each other or whatever they do. When patrick is found near death, strung to the pump of the local gas station, sixteenyearold cat emerges from her selfimposed exile to avenge the horrors inflicted on her former best friend. The book begins describing the awful crime done to patrick, cats once best friend.
Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Lauren myracle withdraws shine from national book awards the. I loved everyone who said yes to the world and tried to make it better instead of worse, because so much in the world was ugly and just about all the ugly parts were due to humans. Lauren myracle author lauren myracle is the new york times bestselling author of the internet girls trilogyttyl, ttfn, and l8r, g8ras well as rhymes with witches, bliss, and the new flower powerseries, among many other books for teens and young adults. It is a contemporary realistic story that is also a whodoneit mystery.