The Other Side of Blue
Kindle Edition
HarperCollins · Ebook · October 19, 2009
Cyan was named after a shade of blue, her artist mother's favorite color.
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- Who it’s for
- A tender, unsettled read about grief, family distance, and the shades between.
- Themes
- Grief and loss, Mother-daughter distance, Self-discovery
- Pacing
- Reflective
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Cyan was named after a shade of blue, her artist mother's favorite color. The color of the sea. Since her father's death last year, she’s felt just as mercurial and dark as her namesake, and the distance between Cyan and her mother has grown as wide as an ocean. Now they're returning to the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean, where her father's mysterious accident occurred, and joining them will be Kammi--who may soon become a stepsister.
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Haunted by the secrets of the past, Cyan will explore all the depths of her blueness this summer, discovering the light, the darkness, and the many shades in between that are within her—and within us all.
Grief in Full Color
A tender, unsettled read about grief, family distance, and the shades between.
Come here for
- A young voice navigating grief and a widening gap with her mother
- Family tensions with a possible stepsister in the mix
Expect
- A return to Curaçao shadowed by a father’s mysterious accident
- A summer of secrets and shifting feelings
Where it sits
| Death & Grief for Teens | 76% |
|---|---|
| Caribbean & Latin America for Teens | 42% |
| YA Blended Family Stories | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Art & Artists
- Coming of Age
- YA Stories About Parents
- YA Blended Family Stories
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- YA Mysteries
- Caribbean & Latin America for Teens
- Death & Grief for Teens
- Depression for Teens
- Authors
- Valerie O. Patterson
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 19, 2009
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Grief and loss · Mother-daughter distance · Self-discovery
- Reading lane
- YA Art & Artists