Her mom left two years before, so she lives with her dad, a math professor who works a lot, and her older sister, denise. Kaleidoscope eyes is a work of fiction written in verse. Psychedelic rock from the 60s to the 90s citadel underground series paperback july 1, 1996. Jen bryant created characters you could really relate to. In 1968, when lyza helps her dad clean out her late grandfathers house, a mysterious surprise brightens the sad task. When lyza helps her dad clean out her late grandfathers house, a mysterious. Lyzas kaleidoscope, a birthday present from her mother, who has walked out on the family. Hendrixs first book since the 2006 novel spears of god collects a pleasing array of science fiction stories.
It is such a unique genre of mysteryadventurehistoricalfictionpoetry book. Kaleidoscope eyes written by jen bryant knopf, 2009 isbn 9780375840487 yearling trade paperback, nov 2010 isbn 9780440421900 will lyzas 1968 summer mystery lead to. His works, available in 6 languages, include novels dark winds, the fire within, kaleidoscope eyes, virus, and interception. Im a disappearing act done poorly but if i ever get it right, youll miss me sorely i look like the cat that just ate. Writing up a short summary of these books has left me feeling as though i cannot clearly. We say most biographies, because a biography of a fictional character is really a fictional book. Graham watkins, a former researcher in parapsychology, has been publishing fiction since 1989. In grampss dusty attic, lyza discovers three maps, carefully folded and stacked, bound by a single rubber band.
In a tale inspired by a true story of buried treasure, jen bryant weaves an emotional and suspenseful novel in poems, all set against the backdrop of the. Genre, nonfiction, picture books, biographies, novels, poetry. Kaleidoscope eyes reveals the beatles at the height of their creative powers, recording the body of work many would hail as the greatest album of all time. Journals such as the diary of anne frank is also a journal. Set in 1992, handlers fun, clever ninth stewart hoag mystery after 1997s the man who loved women to death marks a welcome return for the endearing ghostwriter sleuth. I really liked this book because it was a mystery without being violent. When lyza helps her dad clean out her late grandfathers house, a mysterious surprise brightens the. Jen bryant, jen robinson, jen robinsons book page, september 28, 2011. The style made it very difficult to read, however, the character descriptions were very well thought of.
When lyza helps her dad clean out her late grandfathers house, a mysterious surprise brightens the sad task. The yrold protagonist lyza and her best friends malcolm and carolann spend their summer working out a captain kidd pirate mystery left for lyza by her grandfather before he died. Hendrix is a science fiction novelist with several books and short stories in his catalog and holds a phd in english literature from uc riverside. Kaleidoscope eyes written by jen bryant knopf books for young readers, 2009 isbn 9780375840487. Most biographies are nonfiction, but not all nonfiction works are biographies by any means. This story was a pleasant book, but written in a different structure. Kaleidoscope eyes is set in the 1960s against the backdrop of the vietnam war, protests, and hippies. Watkins dark winds uses increasingly violent orgies to build suspense, culminating in a. Lyza isnt casting the kind of moral judgments that you sometimes see in historical fiction, where todays retrospective sensibilities color her views. Growing up in new jersey during the vietnam war, yearold lyza has some battles of her own whoever said the baby of the family gets.