A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
My enjoyment rating: 4 of 5 stars
Book hangover: 4
Source: Public library
Genre: YA fiction (with a bit of fantasy!)
Objectionable material: none
Parallel lives...parallel realities...and nothing but a crack between a broken TV set and a parking meter that divides the two.
Madeleine and her mother have started over in Cambridge, but Madeleine is wondering why.
Elliott's father is missing and he is determined to find him.
Both are leading practically normal teen lives, when they start communicating via a void in the universe that separates them -- neither one believing that the other is real.
I loved Madeleine -- she was tough, sassy, vulnerable, and trusting. Elliott was the tough guy, with the potential to break your heart.
This book was like nothing I've ever read: part fantasy, part time travel, part whimsy, part science lesson (be prepared for a primer on Sir Isaac Newton), part potential teen romance -- it was quite delightful!
One flaw: the story did take quite a bit of time to develop -- I was 3/4 through the book before anything really happened. So, it does take some patience.
However, it's the first book, in a planned series of books, that I'm actually EXCITED about reading the sequel! Take that Divergent!
I'm really happy I took a chance with A Corner of White.
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