Plum-Ucci, Carol. The She.Harcourt. 281p. c2003. 0-15-216819-2. $17.00. JS Seventeen-year-old Evan Barrett comes from a long line of men and women who have lived, and died, by the sea. Eight years ago, both of his parents disappeared off the Jersey coast in an unexplained accident shrouded shroud n. 1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet. 2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens: under a shroud of fog. 3. a. in the mystery of The She, a jealous sea hag rumored to dwell deep in a sea canyon and suck ships into its depths. After experiencing terrible flashback flash·back n. 1. An unexpected recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug long after its original use. 2. A recurring, intensely vivid mental image of a past traumatic experience. memories of the night his parents dropped off the face of the Earth, including shrieking that only he could hear, Evan is determined to head back to his childhood home and find out once and for all what could have happened to his parents and their 300-foot freighter. Complicating his quest is his involvement with Grey Shailey, a popular girl who has landed in a mental hospital following a tragic drowning. She reveals her secrets, which he could never have imagined. Together, they search for answers using both science and sea lore, and calling on the shore's bizarre characters. Bloody Mary the fortuneteller and Edwin Church the loner loner Psychiatry A single young man estranged from society and family, who suffers from psychogenic pain, and tends to live 'on the edge', vacillating between aggression and depression; loners often have unrealistic goals, but are unable to work towards those goals . Logic and myth collide when Evan's older brother reveals a Drug Enforcement Administration The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was established in 1973 by President richard m. nixon as part of the Justice Department, thus uniting a number of federal drug agencies that had often worked at cross-purposes. investigation that may call into question everything he ever believed about his parents. Plum-Ucci pulls her readers into a whirlpool of sea-faring superstition and gives them only a captain's prayer to take with them as The She begins to shriek shriek - exclamation mark again. Michele Winship, Asst. Prof., Capital Univ., Columbus, OH |
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