Darkwater
Random House, $18.95 pb, 278 pp, 9781864719833
This is Shyness
Text Publishing, $19.95 pb, 274 pp, 9781921656521
Young Adult Fiction
Darkwater by Georgia Blain & This is Shyness by Leanne Hall
by Maya Linden •
Darkness, both literal and symbolic, pervades these two recent books. Darkwater, the first Young Adult title by established writer Georgia Blain (author of four novels, including Closed for Winter, 1998), and a début book, This is Shyness by Leanne Hall, trace the aftermath of events in which brightness gives way to ‘sudden black’ in the lives of teenage characters.
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