Synopses & Reviews
In the tradition of andlt;Iandgt;High Fidelity andlt;/Iandgt;and andlt;Iandgt;Empire Recordsandlt;/Iandgt;, this is the literary soundtrack to Skylark Martinand#8217;s strange, mysterious, and extraordinary summer.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;This is the story of a wild girl and a ghost girl; a boy who knew nothing and a boy who thought he knew everything.andlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Itand#8217;s a story about Skylark Martin, who lives with her father and brother in a vintage record shop and is trying to find her place in the world. Itand#8217;s about ten-year-old Super Agent Gully and his case of a lifetime. And about beautiful, reckless, sharp-as-knives Nancy. Itand#8217;s about tragi-hot Luke, and just-plain-tragic Mia Casey. Itand#8217;s about the dark underbelly of a curious neighborhood. Itand#8217;s about summer, and weirdness, and mystery, and music.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;And itand#8217;s about life and death and grief and romance. All the good stuff.andlt;/Iandgt;andlt;Bandgt;andlt;/Bandgt;
Review
* "Funny, observant, a relentless critic of the world's (and her own) flaws, Sky is original, thoroughly authentic and great company, decorating her astute, irreverent commentary with vivid Aussie references; chasing these down should provide foreign readers with hours of online fun."
Review
"Melancholy and haunting, funny and hopeful, and just everything I love in a book."
Review
"Charming, funny, funand#8230;a delightful journey through an Australian teenager's summer of weird and cool."
Review
"Smart. Edgy. Beautifully written. One of my year's favorites."
Synopsis
In the tradition of High Fidelity and Empire Records, this is the literary soundtrack to Skylark Martin's strange, mysterious, and extraordinary summer.
This is the story of a wild girl and a ghost girl; a boy who knew nothing and a boy who thought he knew everything.
It's a story about Skylark Martin, who lives with her father and brother in a vintage record shop and is trying to find her place in the world. It's about ten-year-old Super Agent Gully and his case of a lifetime. And about beautiful, reckless, sharp-as-knives Nancy. It's about tragi-hot Luke, and just-plain-tragic Mia Casey. It's about the dark underbelly of a curious neighborhood. It's about summer, and weirdness, and mystery, and music.
And it's about life and death and grief and romance. All the good stuff.
About the Author
Simmone Howell is the award-winning author of andlt;iandgt;Notes from the Teenage Undergroundandlt;/iandgt; and andlt;iandgt;Everything Beautifulandlt;/iandgt;. Before becoming a writer she worked in a multitude of secondhand bookstores and record shops, and as a result her house looks like one. She lives with her husband and son and crazy dog in Melbourne, Australia. Visit her at SimmoneHowell.com.