
Where I Want to Be
Author: Adele Griffin
Narrator: Ruth Ann Phimister, Jennifer Ikeda
Unabridged: 4 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/10/2008
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Author: Adele Griffin
Narrator: Ruth Ann Phimister, Jennifer Ikeda
Unabridged: 4 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/10/2008
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes
Adele Griffin is
a two-time National Book Award finalist and the highly acclaimed author of
numerous books for young adult and middle-grade readers. Her works include Sons
of Liberty and Where I Want to Be, as well as the popular Witch Twins and Vampire Island series. She lives
with her husband, their two children, and their dog in Brooklyn.
I think this book, Where I want to Be, is very boring. In the first 15 chapters it talks about a depressed girl named Lily who thinks the death of her older sister Jane could have been all her fault. Lily just depends on her boyfriend for comfort and protection. Her sister Jane was killed when she w......more
Griffin's books are strange and haunting and this one is no exception. Jane and Lily are sisters and were always very close until it became clear that Jane was not like everyone else. For Jane the boundary between make-believe and reality is cloudy at best. When Jane dies Lily must learn to cope wit......more
I would rate this a 3.5 but as that is not possible I've rounded it up to a generous 4 - 3 would have been a bit low. The story of 2 sisters Lily, and Jane who suffers from a mental illness and lives somewhat in a world of her own. Written mainly in the aftermath of the suicide/accident of Jane, it......more
This book was about 2 girls who are inseparable, one of the girls jane dies and leaves lily. Lily the younger sister who suffers from depression now has to grow up alone. Throughout the book lily lives in an imaginary world and goes to her boyfriend for comfort. In each chapter of the book each chap......more
Though this was a pretty good book, it wasn't one of my favorites.(as you can see, i have to experience writing reviews :P) I just wanted people to know that this book is one that leaves you hanging in the end, you don't find out exactly what happens, it's up for the reader to decide I guess. I just......more