Between the Lines
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4.1 • 260 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Soon to be an off-Broadway musical!
In this delightful companion novel to Off the Page, #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and her daughter and cowriter, Samantha van Leer, present the YA novel that started it all! Filled with romance, adventure, and humor, the magic jumps off the page (literally) in a story you’ll never forget.
What happens when happily ever after…isn’t?
Delilah is a bit of a loner who prefers spending her time in the school library with her head in a book—one book in particular. Between the Lines may be a fairy tale, but it feels real. Prince Oliver is brave, adventurous, and loving. He really speaks to Delilah.
And then one day Oliver actually speaks to her. Turns out, Oliver is more than a one-dimensional storybook prince. He’s a restless teen who feels trapped by his literary existence and hates that his entire life is predetermined. He’s sure there’s more for him out there in the real world, and Delilah might just be his key to freedom.
A romantic and charming story, this companion novel to Off the Page will make every reader believe in the fantastical power of fairy tales.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Prolific and bestselling author Picoult teams up with her teenage daughter to pen a clever YA romance about the magical relationship between a loner and her fictional "Prince Charming." Imagine 15-year-old Delilah McPhee's surprise when she starts to have a conversation with Prince Oliver, the hero of a fairy tale she adores. From Oliver she learns that characters in a story lead very different lives when a book is shut in Oliver's "reality," the story's villain is actually a butterfly aficionado, and Oliver has no interest in his betrothed, Seraphima. Elements from Picoult's other novels alternating character viewpoints with distinguishing fonts, snappy chapter endings are present, and the story is peppered with pop culture references to The Hunger Games, the Kindle Fire, and the X-Men, as well as comic relief in the form of characters like a talking horse that thinks it has a weight problem. The reason given for Delilah's obsession with the fairy tale like her, Oliver grew up without a father is weak, but that's unlikely to trouble readers who will be swept up by the romantic premise. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
Amazing talent. Loved this book
I went to a book reading and signing for this book. Jodi Picoult and her daughter are such talented writers. I liked the story line since it was a concept others would love to be in. Can't wait for the sequel in May. Definitely going to be reading the next one
Disappointing
I expected more from Picoult. This book seems more about getting her daughter published than the great writing we're used to from this writer.
Good book
I really enjoyed it and it was a great plot with a book actually in tge story, i think that you could really relate to it and that it was a great idea to get her daughter incolved in writing the story