Welcome Jennifer Barnes to Trapped!
And today we have yet another young adult author visiting us here at Trapped. Not only does Jennifer Barnes WRITE young adult, she really IS a young adult. She wrote Golden when she was JUST nineteen. I’m impressed.
Jennifer’s book, is best described by this tag line: At Emory High, there are two kinds of people: those who matter, and those who don’t.
Boy, does that sound familiar? Here’s a brief description of Jen’s book.
When Lissy James moves from California to Oklahoma, she finds herself in the middle of a teenage nightmare: a social scene to rival a Hollywood movie. And if understanding the hierarchy of the Goldens vs. the Nons isn’t hard enough, Lissy’s ever growing Aura Vision is getting harder and harder to hide, and if she’s not careful, she’s going to become a Non faster than you can say “freak.”
But it’s becoming clear that Emory High has a few secrets of its own. Around the halls, the term “special powers” goes way beyond one’s ability to attract the opposite sex, and there may be something more evil than the A-crowd lurking in the classrooms. Lissy can see a lot more than the average girl, but she’s about to learn the hard way that things aren’t always as they appear and you can’t always judge a girl by her lip gloss.
Sounds like something teenagers of ALL ages can relate to.
What People Are Saying:
“…A well-balanced blend of fast-moving fantasy and light, playful chick lit.”
–Kirkus Reviews
“Golden glows with the spot-on
insights and pitch-perfect prose of someone whose knowledge of adolescence is absolutely fresh… Golden is a captivating mix of everyday teen terrors and supernatural suspense.”
-Borders Online, July Newsletter
Bio:
A Native Oklahoman, Jennifer Lynn Barnes is a recent graduate of Yale University, where she studied cognitive science (the study of the brain and thought). Her research on animal and child cognition has been featured on ABC’s World News Tonight, Animal Planet, and The New York Times, and Jennifer will be spending the 2006/2007 school year abroad, doing autism research at the University of Cambridge.
Jennifer’s second book, Tattoo, will be available in January of 2007.
Now, Jen answers the Trapped questions.
1. If you had to be “Trapped” somewhere, where would it be?
A combination book store/candy store- preferably one that has an on-site jacuzzi.
2. If you could pick your “Trapped” companions, what three people would you want with you, and why?
I’d go with my best friend from high school, because the two of us could easily entertain ourselves for weeks; Joss Whedon, because I think his creative genius would be very handy in passing the time, and my undergraduate advisor- for comic relief, and because I’m sure she could find a way to get us out.
3. If you could only pick five books to be “Trapped” with, what would they be?
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Tex by S.E. Hinton
Rainbow Valley by LM Montgomery
Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
4. What ONE famous person would you absolutely NOT want to be “Trapped” with?
Tom Cruise. I think the couch jumping would get old really quick, and since I sometimes look a tiny bit like Katie Holmes, I think being in the same room with him for any extended period of time would really freak me out.
5. You can bring three things from your former life to “Trapped.” What would those three things be?
My stuffed dog (I can’t sleep without something to cuddle with), my laptop (if I’m trapped in a bookstore, maybe they have wireless, and if they don’t, at least I can write and play spider solitaire), and a photograph of my family.
6. Where is one place you absolutely would NOT want to be “Trapped”?
The reptile room at the zoo- I’m really, really scared of snakes.
So there you have it. Thanks for visiting us, Jennifer, and best of luck with the book!
