Helen Rena

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Helen Rena

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Helen Rena loves reading and writing novels. And short stories. And flash fiction. She has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, and a vast collection of books and green bottles. She is still not sure why green bottles. She lives in Southern Oregon with her husband and two children.

Average rating: 4.13 · 39 ratings · 24 reviews · 2 distinct works
The Coldest Heart (Into the...

4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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About the Dark

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions
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Joshua’s Island: Review

Joshua’s Island was an emotional read for me—bullying is such a charged topic. I liked Joshua, and I thought he was very believable. Kids do hide that they are being bullied from their parents, and that’s so heart-breaking.


I also liked Eve, the girl who becomes friends with Joshua. I appreciated that the author didn’t make her perfect, but allowed her to make mistakes and learn from them. She is a

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“But there are plenty of laws nobody has ever broken. Like gravity, for example. Or morality. Or the law that everyone poops now and then. And besides, it’s insane to build your life on hopes of being an exception to some rule.”
Helen Rena, The Coldest Heart

“The black market was closing. The last sellers and buyers clustered behind an out-of-business toy store in Brooklyn, where the road smelled of trash and the subway trains that ran high above the street rattled the loudest. There were no children for sale at this hour. The last and least important bits of the day’s tidings were hastily sold.”
Helen Rena, The Coldest Heart

“And then the floor careened under my feet, but not because I couldn’t stand or anything like that. No it was because Ii was laughing–killing one’s enemies was so much fun.”
Helen Rena, The Coldest Heart

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