Details: Product Description From the moment she burst into the downtown art scene,seventeen-year-old Addison Stone was someone to watch. Her trademark subversivestreet art and her violent drowning left her fans and critics craving to knowmore about this brilliant wild-child who shone so bright and was gone too soon.Two-time National Book Award finalist Adele Griffin offersan ingenious fictional take on celebrity biography, as told in first personinterviews through the eyes of Addison Stone's parents, friends, boyfriends,mentors, critics, and more-punctuated in full color with Addison's artwork, photographs,and emails. When it comes to Addison's untimely and mysterious death, nobodyescapes unscathed. From School Library Journal Gr 9 Up—Addison Stone, a young and dynamic artist, fell from the Manhattan Bridge while plastering a billboard. Was it an accident? Suicide? Something more sinister? Griffin constructs this tale by blending narrative prose with newspaper articles describing Addison's career and death, and interviews with family and friends. Listeners will have to continually remind themselves that Addison, however real she may be, is a fictional character. A full cast of narrators, headed by Amy Rubinate, Caroline Shaffer, Hillary Huber, Jorjeana Marie, and Will Damron, bring this story to life. The audio version also contains a bonus disc featuring the artwork and photographs that are included in the print text. This unique book will be a welcome addition to young adult collections and should be recommended to listeners who enjoyed Marissa Pessl's Night Film.—Amanda Rollins, Northwest Village School, Plainville, CT
