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The Exene Chronicles - by Camille a Collins (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • Lia is fourteen and losing her best friend.
  • 254 Pages
  • Young Adult Fiction, Diversity & Multicultural

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About the Book



Lia is fourteen and losing her best friend. When things don't seem like they could get any worse, Ryan disappears. Set against the backdrop of the 1980s heyday of LA punk rock, The Exene Chronicles sings of the coming of a new age for all girls in America who have been disenfranchised by the spaces they identified as their own.



Book Synopsis



Lia is fourteen and losing her best friend. When things don't seem like they could get any worse, Ryan disappears.

Lia is one of only a handful of black kids in Coronado, her San Diego suburb. The only person she feels she can talk to is punk rock high priestess and frontwoman to a legendary LA band, Exene Cervenka. Reeling from Ryan's disappearance, Lia writes letters and poems to Exene every day. She can relate to Exene--but if they were to ever meet, would Exene be able to relate to her? With Exene and her band's searing soundtrack as her chief inspiration, Lia dives head-first into a dark and spiky counterculture rife with confrontation, shifting alliances, and unsettling insights into what Ryan was doing and what might have happened to her.

Set against the backdrop of the 1980s heyday of LA punk rock, The Exene Chronicles sings of the coming of a new age for all girls in America who have been disenfranchised by the spaces they identified as their own. With lyrical prose and an unrelenting moral center, Camille A. Collins liberates the punk in all of us.



Review Quotes




"It is a pleasure to discover--or perhaps that should be uncover--a first book by a new writer. Collins has bravely and with courage given us a coming-of-age story that we will enjoy sharing with our teenage sons and daughters. And we look forward to the next book." --Nikki Giovanni

"Camille Collins has a voice like water. There is lush music in her debut novel -- each word flows with purpose and beauty. In the big sea of young adult literature, The Exene Chronicles casts a powerful net and takes us in -- heart and all." --Kwame Alexander, Newberry medalist and New York Times best-selling author of Rebound

"Camille Collins has written a wonderfully bold and sensual coming-of-age novel. There is an intensity and beauty to the writing with a remarkably compelling voice. Certain books we read in adolescence stay with us for life. The Exene Chronicles is such a book." -Patty Dann, author of Mermaids and The Butterfly Hours


Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .53 Inches (D)
Weight: .66 Pounds
Suggested Age: 13-18 Years
Number of Pages: 254
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Sub-Genre: Diversity & Multicultural
Publisher: Kindred Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Camille a Collins
Language: English
Street Date: September 25, 2018
TCIN: 94585432
UPC: 9781948559058
Item Number (DPCI): 247-40-0575
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.53 inches length x 5.5 inches width x 8.5 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.66 pounds
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