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Sheila Agnew

Autor(a) de Evie Brooks Is Marooned in Manhattan

3 Works 37 Membros 5 Críticas

About the Author

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Séries

Obras por Sheila Agnew

The Exclusion Wars (2015) 3 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Agnew, Sheila
Sexo
female
Local de nascimento
New York, New York, USA
Locais de residência
New York, New York, USA
Dublin, Ireland
Dingle, County Kerry, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Educação
University College Dublin
Ocupações
Lawyer
Children's Author

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Sheila Agnew is an Irish children's and young adult author. Born in New York City, she grew up in Dublin, and was educated at UCD (University College Dublin). She practiced as a lawyer in London, Sydney and New York and has worked in such places as Accra, Cairo and Bratislava. In 2002, she took time-out from her legal career to write and to travel around Asia. In 2011, she moved to Argentina to learn Spanish and work on a horse farm. The following year, she relocated to Dingle in County Kerry where she wrote the first Evie Brooks book.

Membros

Críticas

Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
 
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fernandie | 1 outra crítica | Sep 15, 2022 |
I really liked this one! Loved Evie and her voice and all of the supporting cast. My only quibble would be that many of the pop culture references already felt dated, something which will only grow more true in time. (Mom, what's a blackberry?) At any rate, I certainly look forward to checking out the next installment!
ARC provided by Net Galley. (I'm a little behind!)
 
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nwessler | 1 outra crítica | Jun 20, 2018 |
After her moms dead (that happens in the first book in the series, which I didn't read), Evie comes to live with her uncle Scott. When she is finally adapting to her new life, her father, who she has never seen before, shows up and starts a custody battle.

Although Evie is funny, I didn't enjoy the story the whole time. Some moments were great, and in many others the story seems to drag. The plot seemed broken, starting with the custody case, followed by many smaller plots, and coming back to the custody battle again at the end.
I think I'm in a minority regarding this book, which has a great rating average, but it didn't work for me.

I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Sanlema | 1 outra crítica | Jul 4, 2016 |
This review was written for LibraryThing Member Giveaways.
“The Exclusion Wars” by Sheila Agnew is a dystopian novel depicting how our world changes when a fictional President Trent takes control of the government and uses fear to alter what freedom means for the U.S. The book follows a teenage Latino boy, Mateo Rivera (aka Matt Rivers), on his quest to find his mother, while working for the "Underground" and staying off of the government's radar.

Particularly in our current political state, Agnew really struck a chord with this story that all Americans should consider. This book is eerily prophetic and while we can all brush it off as something that would never happen, the reality is that this is exactly the kind of world we could live in if someone like Donald Trump was elected and given power. Not to mention how his exclusionary attitude toward immigrants has consistently governed his campaign.

For the full review, please visit: https://thebookbasics.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/life-with-trump-the-exclusion-war...
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CInacio | Apr 19, 2016 |

Prémios

Estatísticas

Obras
3
Membros
37
Popularidade
#390,572
Avaliação
½ 3.3
Críticas
5
ISBN
9