By Kendra Leighton (author)
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July 2014 Debut of the Month A poem from the past is woven into this haunting contemporary story in which a teenager tries to come to terms with her grief after the death of her mother. Liz wants to be normal but she is haunted by the Glimpses and has no real memory of a time before her mother’s death.
When she and her dad move into the Highwayman Inn, an old family home, she hopes to make a new start. But soon Liz is caught up in the poem from the past, some strange forces around the house and the arrival of a mysterious boy who haunts her nights. Will Liz ever find the peace and happiness she is searching for?
Liz just wants to be normal. Her life is anything but.
Seven years ago Liz lost her mother and ten years’ worth of memories. When she inherits the infamous Highwayman Inn, she hopes the move will be a fresh start. Then she meets Zachary. Zachary who haunts her by night and in dreams; who makes her question everything she is and wants to be; who seems scarcely real – yet makes her feel so alive.
Inspired by Alfred Noyes’ classic poem ‘The Highwayman’, Glimpse is a ghost story, a love story, and a story of a girl fighting for her future by confronting her terrible past.
Kendra was born in 1983 and spent most of her childhood absorbed in books. After completing a degree in English Literature and a post-graduate in Education, she taught English in China, Spain and in UK middle-schools. She rediscovered her love for Noyes's 'The Highwayman' while teaching the poem to thirteen year olds, and for YA fiction while browsing the school library. In 2008 she left teaching to co-found a chocolate company, giving her the time to indulge in her true passion: books. While making chocolate she listens to audio-books. The rest of the time, she can usually be found writing YA or studying the writing craft.
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Liz just wants to be normal. Her life is anything but.Seven years ago Liz lost her mother and ten years’ worth of memories.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Glimpse and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
Glimpse features in the following genres: Debuts of the Month, Recommendations, Featured Books for Young Adults, Fantasy / Magical, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 13+ readers
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Glimpse was written by Kendra Leighton and published by Much-In-Little an imprint of Constable and Robinson
Glimpse has 303 pages
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