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 The Invisible Girl - Laura Ruby
 The Invisible Girl - Laura Ruby ... Children's BooksNewest Review: ... about herself - she can make herself invisible - and while she might not be taking off any time soon, she has more than ... more ... enough mystery to keep her entertained on the odd occasion when she manages to escape the orphanage and venture out into the rest of New York City.
Not for long, though. Mrs Terwiliger, the mean matron of Hope House discovers Gurl's secret, and forces her into a life of crime. If she's not out stealing fur coats for her mistress, she's in the doctor's office, erasing the outstanding bills for the woman's manic plastic surgery. That could have been the end of the story, another unpleasant twist in an already unfortuna...more |
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The Invisible Girl - Laura Ruby: About a Gurl (828 words)
by - written on 20/06/09 (Very useful, 100 readings)
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It's a mad, bad world out there. A world where children are named after their most obvious characteristic, from Gurl (a girl) to Bug (who isn't actually a bug, per se, but who does look a lot like one). A world where birds are worshiped, cats are ostracized and everything else is locked up in a zoo. A world with super-powers to rival anything from Heroes, (flying, turning invisible, that sort of thing), and where there are people with grass for hair, and zips for mouths. A world where monkeys control minds, where there are giant rats obsessed with cats and where you can only be who you are when you forget what you were. Twelve year old Gurl has not had much ... Read the complete review
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