Freaky Green Eyes
HarperCollins · Paperback · February 15, 2005
"Later, I would think of it as crossing over.
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- Who it’s for
- A tense story of family upheaval, told through a teenager’s uneasy divide between denial and instinct.
- Themes
- Family separation, A mother's disappearance, Uncovering the truth
- Genres
- Abuse & Trauma for Teens, YA Mysteries, YA Divorce & Marriage Stories
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"Later, I would think of it as crossing over. From a known territory into an unknown. From a place where people know you to a place where people only think they know you." Sometimes Franky Pierson has a hard time dealing with life. Like when her parents separate and her mother vanishes, Franky wants to believe that her mom has simply pulled a disappearing act. Yet deep within herself, a secret part of her she calls Freaky Green Eyes knows that something is terribly wrong.
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And only Freaky can open Franky's eyes to the truth.
A Fractured Perspective
A tense story of family upheaval, told through a teenager’s uneasy divide between denial and instinct.
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- A psychological thriller rooted in a family coming apart
- The pull between what Franky hopes and what she knows
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- A close focus on Franky’s shifting understanding
- An unsettling question at the story’s center
Where it sits
| YA Divorce & Marriage Stories | 61% |
|---|---|
| Abuse & Trauma for Teens | 52% |
| YA Mysteries | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Coming of Age
- YA Divorce & Marriage Stories
- Contemporary YA Fantasy
- Dark YA Fantasy
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- Depression for Teens
- Mental Illness for Teens
- Abuse & Trauma for Teens
- Finding Your Footing
- Authors
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- February 15, 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Family separation · A mother's disappearance · Uncovering the truth
- Reading lane
- Coming of Age