Inspired by Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, this stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner (Alice Liddell is an ancester) hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together.
A series of clues leads her through a cracked mirror into the real Wonderland, a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. There she must decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy-but-suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland who may have dark motives all of his own.
Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers. Surely, she tells herself, it has nothing to do with the fact that she is directly descended from Alice Liddell. But when her mother takes a turn for the worse and the whispers grow too strong to bear, Alyssa learns that she's not mad but she must find the origins of a secret family curse.
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Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers. Surely, she tells herself, it has nothing to do with the fact that she is directly descended from Alice Liddell. But when her mother takes a turn for the worse and the whispers grow too strong to bear, Alyssa learns that she's not mad but she must find the origins of a secret family curse.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Splintered and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-14 years old
Splintered features in the following genres: Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 13+ readers, Debuts of the Month
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Splintered was written by A. G. Howard and published by Amulet Books an imprint of Abrams
Splintered has 371 pages