Thursday, September 29, 2011

Still There, Clare.

Still There, Clare. Still There, Clare Yvonne Prinz Raincoast Books 9050 Shaughnessy Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6P 6E5 1551927675 $13.95 www.raincoast.com Twelve (almost thirteen!) year old Clare is the total opposite of her best friend Elsa. Clare prefers t-shirts and jeans, Elsa is a trendy dresser complete with accessories. Clare's humor humor,according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was is dark and ironic while Elsa is bright and witty. But the unusual thing about their friendship is that Clare invented Elsa when she was five years old. She was an imaginary friend Imaginary Friend may refer to: Imaginary friend, an invented person, animal or character Imaginary Friend (band), a Finnish indie-pop group formed in 2004 "Imaginary Friend" (TNG episode), a fifth-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation ! But now Clare decides that because she's becoming a teenager, it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to abandon her imaginary best friend--but will Elsa go along with this idea? Still There, Clair is written by Yvonne Prinz with wit, originality o��rig��i��nal��i��ty?n. pl. o��rig��i��nal��i��ties1. The quality of being original.2. The capacity to act or think independently.3. Something original.Noun 1. , and a flare for engaging the reader from first page to last in superbly crafted and highly recommended novel for young readers ages 12 through 14.

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