Version of the same places, and even people. We know and recognise, whereas Clara's world is a broken, ruinous ** RUSSON, Penni Only Ever Always Allen & Unwin, 2011 157pp
APA style: Russon, Penni: Only Ever Always.Russon, Penni: Only Ever Always." Retrieved from 2011 Children's Book Council of Australia 05 May. MLA style: "Russon, Penni: Only Ever Always." The Free Library."About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. Overall this novel is distinctive and refreshing.-Elizabeth Jakubowski, formerly at Watervliet Public Library, NYα(c) Copyright 2013. The viewpoint switches are abrupt but the connections between the girls' lives become clearer as the book continues. Clara is the vehicle she uses to do so, but Clara is a well-formed character in her own right. As Clara struggles to survive in her depleted world, Claire is working through her emotions and moving into young adulthood, losing her innocence and gaining more knowledge of herself. The story switches back and forth between the two protagonists, keeping the plot moving and giving readers a chance to see how their stories respond to each other's. This fantasy novel is imaginative, thought-provoking, and unique. They are connected by a music box that allows them to interact with each other and the separate realms they inhabit. Both girls are dealt harsh blows that each must face in order to move on.
Clara lives in a shadowy, dystopian reflection of this world, alone but for a friend who cares for her and her romantic relationship with a street-savvy boy. Gr 8 Up-After 13-year-old Claire receives the news that her beloved Uncle Charlie is in the hospital, she retreats into sleep and the escape of her dreams. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. But which world is the dream? Who is the dreamer? Penni Russon has written a spellbinding tale that stretches the imagination about what is possible. Though Claire and Clara live in different worlds, their paths are set to collide when the people they love most are faced with death. But the cost may be more than she bargained for. She is determined to face the sinister side of her cracked reality to save the only family she has ever known. Her fragmented life revolves around scavenging and swapping objects to survive. The silvery notes of her music box help her escape from her pain into a dream world, into Clara's world. But now she feels broken into pieces as her world is suddenly shattered with grief. Have you ever woken from a dream feeling it was more real than your world? Could there be someone exactly like you living another life? Claire lives in an ordinary world where everything is whole.
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