
Circle Nine
Author: Anne Heltzel
Narrator: Julia Whelan
Unabridged: 6 hr 37 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
Published: 09/13/2011
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Romance, Social Themes

Author: Anne Heltzel
Narrator: Julia Whelan
Unabridged: 6 hr 37 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
Published: 09/13/2011
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Romance, Social Themes
Anne Heltzel earned her MFA in creative writing from the New School. Circle Nine is her debut novel. She says, “I wrote Circle Nine shortly after moving to Mumbai, India, where I lived for a year and a half. It was a surreal and isolating experience at first, giving up my job and friends to move to a country I’d never even seen before. Nevertheless, the magic of the city was ever-present; my reality had, in a sense, changed entirely. This all contributed to the creation of Sam and Abby’s cave-palace.” Anne Heltzel lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her dog, whose name means “cobbler” in Hindi.
This is a weird book. Seriously. It's effed up. Yet, I couldn't stop reading it. I was so drawn in that I wanted to know what was happening. The whole time I'm reading I'm thinking this book is weird and I have no idea what's going on but I like it! Unfortunately it takes have the book to know and t......more
I had a really hard time reading most of this book because it was all just so confusing. The premise of the story is that Abby doesn't know who she is and she can't remember anything before a couple days ago. She knows only Sam because he was there when she woke up. She sees the cave they live in as......more
Abby can't remember anything. When she wakes, she doesn't know where she is, who she is, or what is happening, but there is a fire, and she has to escape. The only person around to help her is Sam. She doesn't know who he is, but he says he can help her, and she feels as though she can trust him, so......more