Award-winning author Sherri L. Smith returns with a riveting, noir-style thriller, perfect for fans of E. Lockhart.
Sherri L. Smith (www.sherrilsmith.com) is the author of several novels for young adults, including the critically acclaimedFlygirl,Orleans, and The Toymaker's Apprentice. She lives in Los Angeles, California. Follow her on Twitter- @Sherri_L_Smith
Praise for Pasadena "Enthralling! From page one, I was inside the
life (and death) of Pasadena. Smith has created a world that is at
once startlingly real and heartbreakingly unreal. Smith's novel had
me leaning forward in my seat trying to remember to breathe. In
Jude, there is some of all of us--knowing deep truths but hoping
for something else, hoping somehow to change a history already set
in motion." --Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award-winning
author of Brown Girl Dreaming
"Beautiful clothes, bad habits, ugly secrets: Sherri L. Smith
probes the vulnerable underbellies of a lot of toothy sharks in
this page-turning California noir. Pasadena is stylish and still
sad, chilling and still hopeful, open-hearted and still mysterious.
Smith is an author with astonishing range and she's a stellar
storyteller." --E. Lockhart, New York Times bestselling author of
We Were Liars
"Impossible to put down . . . . Fascinating, tragic, and equal
parts glossy and gritty, this is a noir investigation of familial
expectations, tension, and turmoil." --School Library Journal "Jude
is a tough nut, but as the story unfolds, so does she . . . . A
stylish exploration of loss." --Kirkus Reviews
"[A] deeply tragic and darkly humorous tale . . . . Jude--who,
through Smith's keen narrative voice, is a sharp and often biting
observer of human nature--tries to reconstruct Maggie's final days,
pulling from her own memories of a friend who knew her like no one
else. Turns out, Maggie played that role for several people, yet no
one truly knew her, an often heartbreaking paradox of teenage
friendship that Smith explores deftly." --Publishers Weekly
"The touch of noir adds just enough grit and heat to the narrative,
conveying Jude's emotional and physical environment effectively.
This is a moving and well-written exploration of friendship and
loss." --Booklist "In this sleek, fast-paced psychological mystery,
Sherri L. Smith introduces teen readers to the classic conventions
of California noir, with its shimmering veneer that can't quite
conceal a deep well of darkness." --Chicago Tribune "Jude leaves no
holds barred in her laser-like determination to find the truth, and
the secrets that eventually surface, in Smith's beautifully crafted
and suspenseful novel, come as a surprise." --The Buffalo News
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