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Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful--too beautiful for words.

Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings.

In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.

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When a plant blooms out of fifteen-year-old Laurel's back, it leads her to discover the fact that she is a faerie and that she has a crucial role to play in keeping the world safe from the encroaching enemy trolls.

An extraordinary faerie tale of magic and mystery, romance and danger, described by Stephenie Meyer as 'a remarkable debut'. Laurel is an ordinary fifteen-year-old high school girl. But something incredible is happening to her. She is changing. Now Laurel is about to discover that a deep and powerful magic holds the key to her destiny.

Homeschooled for years, Laurel Sewell is nervous about attending a public high school, but her parents believe this new experience will be good for her. Forging relationships with her peers and learning at the same pace as other students is all part of the normal sophomore life Laurel is supposed to have. Laurel is less than enthusiastic about the plan. She's always been different than other teens-with luminous pale skin, a non-existent appetite, and the unusual ability to withstand the cold. But soon she's making new friends-including a cute boy in her bio class-and things are looking up. Until, one morning, she feels a lump on her back, and a whole new adventure begins to unfold. Drawing favorable comparisons to Stephenie Meyer's megahit Twilight Saga, Aprilynne Pike's magical debut novel Wings is a romantic coming-of-age fairy tale. Mandy Siegfried's narration will whisk teenage readers into a fantastical new world. "Neatly mixes the everyday with the otherworldly."-Booklist.

Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things. They were terrifyingly beautiful--too beautiful for words.Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings.Laurel's life is the very definition of normal . . . until the morning when she wakes up to discover a flower blooming from her back. As it turns out, nothing in Laurel's life is what it seems. Now, with the help of an alluring faerie sentry who holds the key to her true past, Laurel must race to save her human family from the centuries-old faerie enemies who walk among them.

An extraordinary faerie tale of magic and mystery, romance and danger, described by Stephenie Meyer as 'a remarkable debut'.

When a flower blooms in the middle of her back, Laurel discovers that she is a faerie and was placed with human parents as a child. As Laurel learns about her true background and the dangers that face the faerie realm, she struggles to find her place in both worlds.

Fifteen-year-old Laurel has led a sheltered, homeschooled life in a very small town, so when her parents decide to move and enroll her in high school, she has trouble getting used to her new life. A life, as it turns out, that's not at all like those of other kids. One clear sign is a winglike blossom that blooms on her back. Oh, and her new best friend, the scientifically minded David, reveals under a microscope that her cells are more plant than animal. But it takes an encounter at her old home with the handsome but decidedly different Tamani to convince her that she is a faerie. She also learns it's up to her to save her land from the evil influences that are trying to take it away from her and her family. Will Laurel choose solid, steady David, or will she be unable to resist Tamani's lure?

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"Aprilynne Pike's WINGS is a remarkable debut; the ingenuity of the mythology is matched only by the startling loveliness with which the story unfolds."

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"In the current crop of supernatural romances, this one stands out. Silky narration...delicious escapism."

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"The book has a nice mix of danger and romance, with well-developed characters and a quick-moving plot."

. mjbooknerd - I think this is a good book for someone who likes fairies, magic, and nature. the plot is very cute and good. I liked how the story went. I suggest it. HTML:

May 11, 2009
Pike's debut novel—a faerie story with a touch of Arthurian legend—offers a botanical twist on the genre. Laurel Sewell, the new girl in town, discovers a strange “zit” on her back, which blooms into a flower. With the help of her friend and growing love interest, David, with whom she entrusts this information, Laurel finds out that she is a faerie, and that faeries are really highly evolved plants (Pike gives readers hints: Laurel prefers to have lunch outside and eats little besides vegetables and Sprite). Tamani, her sexy faerie guardian, completes the love triangle, as he protects Laurel from encroaching dark forces and fills in the blanks about her past. As Laurel and David never muster much chemistry, her rocky journey of self-discovery is the main draw (“It makes me want to go home and go to sleep and wake up to find that all of this is a dream. That the flower, the bump, even public school never happened”). Pike's novel mythology should win fans for this book, billed as the first in a series. Ages 12–up.

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Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful--too beautiful for words.

Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings.

In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.

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May 11, 2009
Pike's debut novel—a faerie story with a touch of Arthurian legend—offers a botanical twist on the genre. Laurel Sewell, the new girl in town, discovers a strange “zit” on her back, which blooms into a flower. With the help of her friend and growing love interest, David, with whom she entrusts this information, Laurel finds out that she is a faerie, and that faeries are really highly evolved plants (Pike gives readers hints: Laurel prefers to have lunch outside and eats little besides vegetables and Sprite). Tamani, her sexy faerie guardian, completes the love triangle, as he protects Laurel from encroaching dark forces and fills in the blanks about her past. As Laurel and David never muster much chemistry, her rocky journey of self-discovery is the main draw (“It makes me want to go home and go to sleep and wake up to find that all of this is a dream. That the flower, the bump, even public school never happened”). Pike's novel mythology should win fans for this book, billed as the first in a series. Ages 12–up.

. Most teenage girls would be delighted to discover that their perfect looks come from fairy ancestry--but not Laurel. Mandy Siegfried faithfully conveys Laurel's fear of being different and her disbelief of her magical identity. Siegfreid's credible teen voices will draw in young listeners, who will identify with Laurel's desire to fit in. It will be Team David versus Team Tamani as listeners meet Lauren's two potential boyfriends--one mortal, one fairy. Through Siegfried's voicings, they emerge vividly as the sincere dreamboat and the mysterious stranger in a teenage love triangle. Siegfried manages to smooth over mundane dialogue and plot contrivances to strengthen the story. The tense pacing of Laurel and David's death-defying escape from thug trolls is especially delicious to hear. C.A. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine. HTML:

Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words.

Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings.

In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.

.

When a plant blooms out of fifteen-year-old Laurel's back, it leads her to discover the fact that she is a faerie and that she has a crucial role to play in keeping the world safe from the encroaching enemy trolls. When a plant blooms out of fifteen-year-old Laurel's back, it leads her to discover that she is a faerie and she has a crucial role to play in keeping the world safe from enemy trolls.

Laurel has lived a normal life...until the day a flower blooms in the middle of her back and she discovers that she is a faerie. As Laurel learns more about her true faerie background and the dangers that face the realm, she finds herself torn betwee

Laurel has always lived as an ordinary girl, but now something is happening to her. Something magical. In this enchanting tale of magic, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.

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Laurel woont op het platteland bij haar hippieouders, die haar uit overtuiging zelf onderwijzen. Wanneer ze naar de stad verhuist en daar naar de middelbare school moet, heeft ze het lastig. Ze mist haar thuis enorm, ook al lukt het aardig op school en raakt ze goed bevriend met David, een knappe jongen uit haar klas die haar steunt en begrijpt. Tot Laurel merkt dat ze - letterlijk - vleugels krijgt. Ze durft haar ouders niet in vertrouwen te nemen en gaat samen met David op zoek naar haar afkomst. Zo komt ze te weten dat ze een vondelingetje was. Haar wereld staat helemaal op zijn kop wanneer de elf Tamani ontmoet. Hij vertelt haar meer over haar verleden. De twijfel groeit: is ze zelfs wel menselijk?

Laurel staarde met grote ogen naar de bleke dingen achter haar rug. Ze waren angstaanjagend mooi {u2013} te mooi voor woorden. Ze draaide zich weer naar de spiegel en slikte. Ze leken bijna op... vleugels. De vijftienjarige Laurel heeft altijd op het platteland gewoond met haar hippie-ouders. Wanneer ze met zijn drien? naar de grote stad verhuizen zodat Laurel naar de middelbare school kan, moet ze heel erg wennen. Ze mist haar oude huis enorm, al gaat het goed op school en raakt ze bevriend met David, een knappe jongen uit haar klas. Tot Laurel merkt dat ze vleugels krijgt... letterlijk. Ze durft haar ouders niet in vertrouwen te nemen en gaat samen met David op zoek naar haar afkomst. Als Laurel erachter komt dat ze ooit te vondeling is gelegd, is het raadsel compleet. Wie is ze, en nog veel belangrijker: wt? is ze precies?

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