White House Autumn
White, Ellen Emerson
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
After ten months of living in the White House, seventeen-year old Meg Powers knew she should be used to the pressures of life in the spotlightbut she wasnt.
In addition to the usual senior year worriescollege applications and Josh, her first serious boyfriendMeg had to live up to what was expected from the Presidents daughter. She had to suppress her sense of humor and watch the way she dressed and spoke. And she had to try to have a normal relationship with Josh despite intrusions by reporters and secret service agents who followed her everywhere.
Then, just when everything was already so difficult, a shocking attack on her mother makes life in the White House even more impossible. Meg, her father, and her two younger brothers find they must turn to one another for solace and supportwhile her mothers life hangs in the balance.
AUTHOR BIO
Ellen Emerson White started writing about Meg Powers in The President's Daughter and continued in White House Autumn, Long Live the Queen, and Long May She Reign, available from Feiwel and Friends (Fall 2007). When she is not writing, shes watching the Boston Red Sox. She lives in New York City.
BOOK EXCERPTS
Meggie? Neal asked, sound scared. What? She realized that she was trembling and must have unconsciously clutched at his arm. I mean, dont worry, everythings okay. Maybe if she kept saying it, it would be true. Im scared. He was crying again. I want Mommy and Daddy. I know. Dont worry, theyll be here soon. She took a deep shaky breath. Now that she had started thinking, she couldnt stop remembering the things she had read in books and seen on television her whole life, all the people who had been shot, all theexcept she couldnt. She couldnt let herself think about it, she had to stop picturing the shots, her mother falling, the bloodstop it! she ordered herself. Stop thinking about it. You want to crack up in front of Steven and Neal? Get a grip, damn it! But, that beautiful gray dress. Her mother falling, the blood spreading over the gray cloth, agents swarming aroundstop it! Stop thinking about it.
BOOK REVIEWS
"These are situations under which Meg has no control; it's a harsh reality of her life, and of anyone's life, that sometimes our choices are narrower than we'd like."--A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy (blog) on White House Autumn
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0312374895
ISBN(13-digit): 9780312374891
Dewey Decimal: [Fic]
Library of Congress: 2008006883
Book Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 230
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