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Andromeda Klein

Frank Portman

2009256 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2009
first published
  • 2009Delacorte Press · ENGISBN 9780385735254
  • 2009Random House Children's Books · ENGISBN 9780375890956
  • 2010Books on TapeISBN 9780739362945
  • 2009Delacorte Books for Young Readers · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780385905121

Andromeda Klein has a few problems.Her hair is kind of horrible.Her partner-in-occultism, Daisy, is dead.Her secret, estranged, much older and forbidden boyfriend-in-theory, has gone AWOL.And her mother has learned how to text.In short, things couldn't get much worse. Until they do. Daisy seems to be attempting to make contact from beyond, books are starting to disappear from the library, and then, strangely and suddenly, Andromeda's tarot readings are beginning to predict events with bizarrely literal accuracy. Omens are everywhere. Dreams; swords; fires; hidden cards; lost, broken, and dead cell phones . . . and what is Daisy trying to tell her?In the ensuing struggle of neutral versus evil, it's Andromeda Klein against the world, modern society, demonic forces, and the "friends" of the library.From Frank Portman, author of King Dork, comes another unique literary experience. Andromeda Klein is dark, funny, smart, and entirely unforgettable.From the Hardcover edition.

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