The November Girl

by Lydia Kang

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Pub Date Nov 07 2017 | Archive Date Nov 14 2017

Entangled Publishing, LLC | Entangled: Teen

Sci Fi & Fantasy | Teens & YA

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LOCUS Magazine: A Best Book of 2017!

I am Anda, and the lake is my mother. I am the November storms that terrify sailors and sink ships. With their deaths, I keep my little island on Lake Superior alive.

Hector has come here to hide from his family until he turns eighteen. Isle Royale is shut down for the winter, and there's no one here but me. And now him.

Hector is running from the violence in his life, but violence runs through my veins. I should send him away, to keep him safe. But I'm half human, too, and Hector makes me want to listen to my foolish, half-human heart. And if I do, I can't protect him from the storms coming for us.

Advance Praise

"With her trademark beautiful prose, Lydia Kang's love story between a troubled boy and a literal force of nature is exquisitely drawn and heart-wrenching. Set in the unforgiving autumn forests on Lake Superior's Isle Royale, you'll be rooting for Hector and Anda to find strength in each other despite very real threats beyond their control. Magical and thrilling, The November Girl will haunt you long after you finish." -Maurene Goo, author of the critically acclaimed, I Believe in a Thing Called Love

"The November Girl should be savored by lantern, under a wool blanket on a chilly, rainswept night. Brimming with Lydia Kang's smart prose and evocative imagery, The November Girl is an atmospheric, haunting tale of love, sacrifice, and self acceptance that builds like a rogue wave toward its stunning conclusion." -Elle Cosimano, award-winning author of Nearly Gone

"Complex and haunting, The November Girl looks for the light in the darkest of places. Powerful and evocative." -Mindy McGinnis, Edgar Award-winning author of The Female of the Species

"Swoon! With her deep imagination and lovely prose, Kang weaves a touching story with so much heart and warmth we're able to weather a stormy November." - Brenda Drake, NYT bestselling author of the Library Jumpers series

“Absolutely stunning in its beauty! I’ve never read a book quite like THE NOVEMBER GIRL. You don’t want to miss this unique and mesmerizing tale.” -Pintip Dunn, NYT bestselling author of Forget Tomorrow and Girl on the Verge

"With her trademark beautiful prose, Lydia Kang's love story between a troubled boy and a literal force of nature is exquisitely drawn and heart-wrenching. Set in the unforgiving autumn forests on...

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EDITION	Other Format
ISBN	9781633758261
PRICE	$9.99 (USD)
PAGES	340

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Reviewer 411026

The story was such a beautiful, dark, spooky, dangerous love story! Which is what I’m completely in to. I was fully captured since the beginning of the book. It was incredible to see how human beings are able to understand both good and evil. I LOVED IT!

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Tammy V, Reviewer

Ms. Kang has made me have feelings for shipwrecks and inanimate objects that include corpses. How did she do that? She wove a lovely tale involving two people that were halves and made them whole as individuals and as one. Anda's nature of violence with reason was terrifying and yet beautiful. Her love of the items destructed washed unto me. Hector's being broken did not stop him from caring for Anda and her oddities. This story was so moving without much dialogue. Typically I am not a fan of books without dialogue but this one reeled me in and kept me there until the last wave was gone. I received a free ebook in exchange for an honest review.

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Reviewer 418228

I have been DYING to read this since I found out about this book and because of netgalley (THANNNKKK YOUUU!!!), I got an arc for an honest review and I was left breathless from this novel. It was such a beautiful, dark, dangerous love story that is right up my alley. I was hooked and lost at sea, sucked in from the beginning.

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Amy M, Reviewer

Anda is half human and half witch. Maybe not the type of witch you're thinking of. She is the November storm that shuts down her island Isle Royale every winter. Each and every year the island evacuates in October leaving Anda completely alone on the island. Even her father leaves.

Hector has a very troubled home life. He is so close to turning eighteen that he decides to run away for a few months until he is a legal adult and will never have to return. He decides to takes his refuge on Isle Royale because he knows the island will be vacant. Or so he thought.

When Hector first sees Anda he doesn't believe the ethereal beauty is real. Anda is already being taken over by her storm side and becoming numb to her human nature. Yet, she is so curious about the boy who comes to the island.

Andy's loneliness is heart wrenching. Hector really made my heart ache though. This book is hauntingly beautiful and full of discovery. I highly recommend this young adult fantasy!

Given a copy by NetGalley and the publisher for a fair and honest review.