Lament (2008) (edit title/settings)

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• Deirdre Monaghan (Dee): The main character, who plays the harp beautifully.
• James: Dee's joking, understanding, sympathetic best friend. He is a bagpiper, and frequently wears a kilt.
• Luke Dillon: A mysterious and intriguing boy that Dee meets at a music program.
• Delia: Dee's obnoxious aunt who always thinks that everyone does everything wrong and no one can live up to her standards.
• Sara: A girl who works with Dee at the ice cream shop.
• Eleanor: A strange, mysterious figure whom seems to be Luke's ex-girlfriend.
• Brendan: A musical faerie who plays the fiddle. One of the Daione Sidhe.
• Granna: Dee's grandmother, who has secrets of her own. Also dies, killed by faeries.
• Thomas Rhymer: The key to solving Dee's riddle. He was forced by the Queen to always tell the truth.
• The Hunter: A strange faerie hunter, who himself is a faerie.
• Una: One of the musically-attracted Daoine Sidhe who plays a skin drum. Seems strangely interested in Deirdre.

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• “You, off my planet!”

  James' shirt

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• 'When did you get so smart?' He tapped his forehead. 'Brain transplant. They put in a whale's. I'm passing all my classes with my eyes closed now, but I just can't get over this craving for krill.' He shrugged. 'And I feel sorry for the whale that got my brain. Probably swimming around Florida now trying to catch glimpses of girls in bikinis.'

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• as I did, the rabbit hopped slowly into the underbrush, as if that would convince me it was ordinary, not some peeping-tom-supernatural-killer-bunny.

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• I hoped that if I ever got rich and famous, I wouldn't be so warped by my gobs of money that I thought little peeing boys counted as acceptable lawn ornaments.

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• It struck me that we'd come to a strange unspoken agreement. He pretended to be normal, and I pretended I believed him. I wanted to believe him. But I couldn't. What brand of abnormal, I wasn't sure yet. I just hoped it didn't involve axes, gags, and the trunk of a car.

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• I sighed. I wanted to take this moment, wrap it in paper, and give it to myself as a gift every time I felt crummy.

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• You've reached James' cell phone. By dialing this number you ve increased your coolness level by ten points. Add another ten by leaving a message after the beep. Ciao.

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• My love, fond and true, What else could I do-But shield you from wind and from weather? When the shots fall like hail, They us both shall assail-And mayhap we shall die together. -'Ned of the Hill'

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• We sat arm to arm, staring at the same grubby plastic menu, like we were a normal couple, not a telekinetic freak and a soulless faerie assassin.

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• All you who are in love Aye and cannot it remove I pity the pain that you endure. For experience lets me know That your hearts are filled with woe It's a woe that no mortal can cure. -'The Curragh of Kildare'

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• She would torture me, kill me, and then perform a black rite to resurrect me to kill me again if she found out.

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Followed by Ballad.

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1. Maggie Stiefvater (Author)

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• ALA Best Book for Young Adults (2010)

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• Library of Congress: PZ7.S855625 Lam 2008
• Dewey: 813.54

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Has swearing and fighting, but overall not inappropriate for thirteen-year olds.

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• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy