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Blackbird by Anna Carey

Blackbird

by Anna Carey

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  • Sep 2014, 256 pages
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Things I know are true:

  • I am in Los Angeles
  • I woke up on the train tracks at the Vermont/Sunset station
  • I am a teenage girl
  • I have long black hair
  • I have a bird tattoo on the inside of my right wrist (FNV02198)
  • People are trying to kill me

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"Told through a flawless second–person narration…This edgy, action-packed thriller gives future genre offerings something to aspire to. 15-18." - Kirkus

"Tense, taut, and deliciously disorienting, Blackbird kept me guessing at every turn." - Kass Morgan, New York Times Bestselling author of The 100

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Anna Carey

Anna Carey has been a gift wrapper, face painter, nanny, horrific cocktail waitress, sofa saleswoman and children's book editor. She graduated from New York University and has an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College. She currently lives in Los Angeles, where she can be found writing, reading, and doodling on the giant chalkboard in her kitchen.

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