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Cyan was named after a shade of blue, her artist mother’s favorite color. The color of the sea. Since her father’s death last year, she’s felt just as mercurial and dark as her namesake, and the distance between Cyan and her mother has grown as wide as an ocean. Now they’re returning to the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean, where her father’s mysterious accident occurred, and joining them will be Kammi–who may soon become a stepsister. Haunted by the secrets of the past, Cyan will explore all the depths of her blueness this summer, discovering the light, the darkness, and the many shades in between that are within her—and within us all.

ISBN: 9780547417400
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: Oct 19, 2009
List price: $14.99
No of pages: 240
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BISAC 1: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Places / Caribbean & Latin America
BISAC 2: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Stepfamilies *
BISAC 3: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement
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Valerie O. Patterson

Biography

Valerie O. Patterson holds an MFA in Children’s Literature from Hollins University, where she twice received the Shirley Henn Award for Creative Scholarship. She has also won a Work-in-Progress Award for her writing from the SCBWI. Valerie is an attorney in her day job and lives with her husband in Leesburg, Virginia.

Cyan was named after a shade of blue, her artist mother’s favorite color. The color of the sea. Since her father’s death last year, she’s felt just as mercurial and dark as her namesake, and the distance between Cyan and her mother has grown as wide as an ocean. Now they’re returning to the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean, where her father’s mysterious accident occurred, and joining them will be Kammi–who may soon become a stepsister. Haunted by the secrets of the past, Cyan will explore all the depths of her blueness this summer, discovering the light, the darkness, and the many shades in between that are within her—and within us all.

ISBN: 9780547417400
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: Oct 19, 2009
List price: $14.99
No of pages: 240
Trim Size:
BISAC 1: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Places / Caribbean & Latin America
BISAC 2: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Stepfamilies *
BISAC 3: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Valerie O. Patterson

Biography

Valerie O. Patterson holds an MFA in Children’s Literature from Hollins University, where she twice received the Shirley Henn Award for Creative Scholarship. She has also won a Work-in-Progress Award for her writing from the SCBWI. Valerie is an attorney in her day job and lives with her husband in Leesburg, Virginia.