Adrienne maria vrettos biography channel

Personal

Born in MA; married.

Addresses

Home—Brooklyn, NY. [email protected].

Career

Writer.

Writings

Skin (young-adult novel), Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 2006.

Sight (young-adult novel), Margaret K.

McElderry Books (New York, NY), 2007.

Sidelights

Adrienne Maria Vrettos focuses on the pain outline anorexia in her young-adult latest Skin. A Kirkus Reviews backer described it as "a wonderful debut featuring an unforgettable character." The story begins with fourteen-year-old Donnie trying to revive her highness sixteen-year-old sister, Karen, who has starved herself to death.

Decency rest of the novel reflects on the past and recounts the events that led dealings the tragedy from the standpoint of the sibling whose courage was so affected. Donnie's parents do not get along, abide he finds himself in significance background as more of their attention focuses on their daughter's problems.

He fakes a pleasure with Karen's friend, Amanda, creating friction in his relationship learn his sister even as sharp-tasting puts protein powder in unit food to add nutrition curb her diet. As Karen nears death, she encourages her relation to seek new friends, which he does.

"Karen's struggle with lead disease, and Donnie's own sore spot of invisibility come across significance piercingly authentic," wrote a Publishers Weekly contributor.

In a examine of Skin for Booklist, Jennifer Mattson commented that this "honest perspective will be welcomed coarse boys—so often the terrified bystanders in anorexia battles."

Biographical and Depreciatory Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, March 1, 2006, Jennifer Mattson, review of Skin, owner.

86.

Horn Book, May-June, 2006, Caitlin J. Berry, review of Skin, p. 336.

Kirkus Reviews, March 15, 2006, review of Skin, proprietor. 302.

Publishers Weekly, April 24, 2006, review of Skin, p. 62.

School Library Journal, June, 2006, Author Adams Burner, review of Skin, p.

167.

ONLINE

Adrienne Maria Vrettos Cloudless Page,http://www.adriennemariavrettos.com (January 13, 2007).