![]() This is an intense and ultimately hopeful look at a debilitating mental disorder and a family in crisis. ![]() Looks inward and asks readers to come along with Nadia and experience ReadersĬannot easily determine if she is a reliable narrator, or if parts of Story, all of Nadia's descent, solely in Nadia's perspective. Thing Stolen takes the bold approach of keeping the majority of the Through carefully crafted narrative and the later, cautious observations Nadia's gut-wrenching descent into her unexplained illness is explored ![]() Fans of Jandy Nelson’s dense, unique narratives will lose themselves in Kephart’s enigmatic, atmospheric, and beautifully written tale. The second half of the novel, told from the perspective of Nadia’s best friend Maggie, at first deepens the mystery, before providing answers as she sets out to return the stolen things to their proper owners. Readers will wonder, along with Nadia, about the dividing line between dream, memory, reality, and art. And the boy that she follows-Benedetto-is he real or has she only imagined him? Kephart grounds her readers in Nadia’s lived experience with a fragmented, sparse voice that reveals her descent into frontotemporal disorder, a rare brain disease. Beneath her bed are nests she has woven from fragments of things she has pilfered: a necklace, a scarf, a piece of leather, and so on. Words always seem to just escape her, and she struggles to communicate with her family. Once there, Nadia becomes increasingly untethered from reality. “An enigmatic, atmospheric, and beautifully written tale.”- Booklist, starred reviewĪward-winning Kephart’s latest follows Nadia as she, along with her mother and brother, joins her professor father on his sabbatical in Florence, Italy, where he is researching the flood that wreaked havoc on the city in 1966. Savvy Verse and Wit: A YA Best of the Year In th e PA Gazette, read t he story behind the story of the students who inspired two of the primary characters in One Thing Stolen.Ĭ leaver Magazine Best of 2015: YA St aff Picks Read an excerpt in Main Line Today magazine. A reading and conversation, at Bank Street, videotape here.
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