Camilla by Ann Marie Lee

Camilla

Ann Marie Lee, Madeleine L'Engle, Listening Library

Square Fish · Print & ebook · October 27, 2009

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Who it’s for
A sheltered girl’s first love opens wider horizons as her parents’ marriage unravels.
Genres
Coming of Age, YA Divorce & Marriage Stories, YA Romance
Published
Square Fish, October 27, 2009

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About this book

Experience this story of first love by A Wrinkle in Time author Madeleine L'Engle. This classic novel is now a major motion picture, Camilla Dickinson. Fifteen-year-old Camilla Dickinson has led a sheltered life on the Upper East Side with her architect father and stunningly beautiful mother. But this winter the security she has always known has vanished, because her parents' marriage is coming apart - and Camilla is caught in the middle.

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She finds a way to escape her troubles when she meets Frank, her best friend's brother, who is someone she can really talk to about life, death, God, and her dream of becoming an astronomer. When Frank introduces her to the important people in his life, who are so different from anyone she has met before, he opens her eyes to worlds beyond her own, almost as if he were a telescope helping her to see the stars. This novel, one of the author's earliest, is the story of a girl who, with the help of her first love, leaves childhood behind and enters adulthood with a newfound sense of self and inner strength. Books by Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time Quintet A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters An Acceptable Time A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Madeleine L'Engle; adapted & illustrated by Hope Larson Intergalactic P.S. 3 by Madeleine L'Engle; illustrated by Hope Larson: A standalone story set in the world of A Wrinkle in Time. The Austin Family Chronicles Meet the Austins (Volume 1) The Moon by Night (Volume 2) The Young Unicorns (Volume 3) A Ring of Endless Light (Volume 4) A Newbery Honor book! Troubling a Star (Volume 5) The Polly O'Keefe books The Arm of the Starfish Dragons in the Waters A House Like a Lotus And Both Were Young Camilla The Joys of Love

Wider Horizons

A sheltered girl’s first love opens wider horizons as her parents’ marriage unravels.

Come here for

  • First love alongside a family coming apart
  • Talk of life, death, God, and astronomy

Expect

  • An intimate coming-of-age story about finding a sense of self
  • A thoughtful mix of family strain, romance, and big questions

Where it sits

YA Romance81%
Coming of Age54%
YA Divorce & Marriage Stories54%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Divorce & Marriage Stories
  • YA Romance
Authors
Ann Marie Lee, Madeleine L'Engle, Listening Library
Publisher
Square Fish
Published
October 27, 2009
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
YA Divorce & Marriage Stories