Where I Want to Be, Adele Griffin
Where I Want to Be, Adele Griffin
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Where I Want to Be

Author: Adele Griffin

Narrator: Jennifer Ikeda, Ruth Ann Phimister

Unabridged: 4 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2008


Synopsis

Critically acclaimed author and National Book Award nominee Adele Griffin is a master at capturing the difficult issues so many teens face. Where I Want to Be tells the poignant story of 18-year-old Jane and her 16-year-old sister Lily. When Lily finds her first love and grows more distant, Jane-already struggling with mental illness-feels a sharp sense of sibling rivalry. But when Jane is hit by a car and killed, Lily must learn to move on.

About Adele Griffin

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hanna on February 19, 2013

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

Goodreads review by Dayna on July 21, 2016

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

Goodreads review by Sharon Louise on May 01, 2016

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

Goodreads review by Jalyn on December 14, 2014

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

Goodreads review by Ashley on July 19, 2016

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