Indigo

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Indigo
Alice Hoffman

Description

Three friends on the lookout for a place to belong find that home is actually where the heart is in this new tale of enchantment from best-selling master storyteller Alice Hoffman.

13 year-old Martha Glimmer is convinced this is the worst time of her life. Her mother died, she grew 7 inches, and she has to put up with a woman who plys Martha’s lonely father with food and opinions about how 13 year-old girls will have to behave. Martha longs to leave Oak Grove and shuttle. Martha’s best friend Trevor and his brother Eli also wish to leave Oak Grove. Nicknamed Trout and Eel as a result of the thin webbing between their fingers and toes, they long to see the ocean. Together, Martha, Trout, and Eel are going to find the true meaning of home — in very unexpected places.

Fans of Alice Hoffman’s first novella for children, Aquamarine, will be thrilled to discover Indigo, another watery tale that blends fantasy with reality in a surprising coming-of-age quest. Thirteen-year-old Martha and her best friends, brothers nicknamed Trout and Eel for their fishy tendencies and webbed fingers and toes, long to escape from their dull, dry town. Their ambivalent feelings about running away, though, are reinforced when a fierce storm interrupts their journey and helps them begin to reply to their questions about who they are “at the deepest core”–and who they are going to turn into. Unfortunately, there’s not enough time for Hoffman to develop her characters here, and an implausibly pat denouement may leave the reader wishing the book were longer–or shorter–but the elements of friendship, loss, and hope will come through for individuals who take it for the parable it is. (Ages 10 to 14) –Emilie Coulter
Indigo
Alice Hoffman

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