Jablonski, Carla. Silent echoes.JABLONSKI, Carla. Silent echoes. Penguin penguin, originally the common name for the now extinct great auk of the N Atlantic and now used (since the 19th cent.) for the unrelated antarctic diving birds. , Razorbill razorbill see alca torda. . 352p. 978-1-59514-082-1. $16.99. JS Lucy lives in 19th-century Manhattan; Lindsay lives there in the present. Lucy's father manages her career as a spiritualist spir·i·tu·al·ism n. 1. a. The belief that the dead communicate with the living, as through a medium. b. The practices or doctrines of those holding such a belief. 2. , holding seances for money. It's all a scam (SCSI Configured AutoMatically) A subset of Plug and Play that allows SCSI IDs to be changed by software rather than by flipping switches or changing jumpers. Both the SCSI host adapter and peripheral must support SCAM. See SCSI. until Lucy actually does hear the voice of another girl asking for help. This is Lindsay's voice; she is very much alive, not a spirit. Somehow the two girls can connect across time, if they occupy the same space. The story that follows is at times challenging, with larger themes than what appears at the onset of the girls' relationship. While Lindsay enjoys many advantages given the times she lives in, she is at the mercy of an alcoholic alcoholic /al·co·hol·ic/ (al?kah-hol´ik) 1. pertaining to or containing alcohol. 2. a person suffering from alcoholism. al·co·hol·ic adj. 1. mother and a violent stepfather step·fa·ther n. The husband of one's mother and not one's natural father. stepfather Noun a man who has married one's mother after the death or divorce of one's father Noun 1. . That is why she calls for help. When she hears Lucy's voice, she is afraid she is going mad. She is smart enough to know about schizophrenia schizophrenia (skĭt'səfrē`nēə), group of severe mental disorders characterized by reality distortions resulting in unusual thought patterns and behaviors. , and when she is sent to a mental hospital, that is how she is diagnosed. But the medication doesn't stop her from hearing Lucy's voice, so she comes to believe she is truly able to connect with someone in the past; she runs away from the hospital, becoming a desperate street kid. Meanwhile, Lucy is getting to be a celebrity, taking advantage of the information Lindsay feeds her from old newspapers in the public library so that she can "predict" the future and draw large crowds. Lucy can use this information to make money on the stock market as well, with the help of a wealthy investor. And as her awareness of the plight of young women grows, she determines to start a home for girls who need help--yes, indeed, this home is still in existence in Lindsay's time. Reading this story gives us a way of considering how vulnerable girls have been in the past and still are in the present--and how knowledge and support can help girls find safe and worthwhile ways to live. Claire Rosser, KLIATT J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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