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Lexi
THE FIRST THING I remember is waking up in the woods. I didn't know where I was, or how I got there. I didn't know my own name. All I knew was that the little silver key hung round my neck had always been there.
"This is how Lexi's story begins. She is taken into a shelter where there are clean clothes, warm food, and, most importantly, a woman who remembers her. Safe from the wars and the dangers of the street, Lexi begins to rebuild her identity with the small pieces of the past she can fit together. Then the silver key around her neck unlocks the secrets of a life she never knew she had.
This is Lexi's story. This is how she finds her way home. "From the Hardcover edition.
"This is how Lexi's story begins. She is taken into a shelter where there are clean clothes, warm food, and, most importantly, a woman who remembers her. Safe from the wars and the dangers of the street, Lexi begins to rebuild her identity with the small pieces of the past she can fit together. Then the silver key around her neck unlocks the secrets of a life she never knew she had.
This is Lexi's story. This is how she finds her way home. "From the Hardcover edition.
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First published February 1, 2007
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L.S. Matthews
10 books5 followersL. S. Matthews (born August 29, 1964) is the pen name of Laura Dron, a British children's author of several critically acclaimed novels.
She was born near Dudley in the West Midlands in England, youngest of five children of parents from the South West who had moved to the industrial area for work. She attended state school there, leaving at 18 to study English Literature at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where she gained a first class honours degree.
Matthews lived and worked in London for six years and has also lived in Hull in Northern England, the West Midlands, Alsace in Northern France, and Hertfordshire.
Matthews currently resides in Dorset with her husband and two children.
Her first novel, Fish (2003), won the Fidler Award and was also Highly Commended for the Branford Boase Award and nominated for a Carnegie Medal. Her other novels are The Outcasts (2004), A Dog For Life (2006), Lexi (2007) and After the Flood (2008). Matthews also wrote two short SEN titles, Deadly Night and The Game, which were both published in 2006.
She was born near Dudley in the West Midlands in England, youngest of five children of parents from the South West who had moved to the industrial area for work. She attended state school there, leaving at 18 to study English Literature at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where she gained a first class honours degree.
Matthews lived and worked in London for six years and has also lived in Hull in Northern England, the West Midlands, Alsace in Northern France, and Hertfordshire.
Matthews currently resides in Dorset with her husband and two children.
Her first novel, Fish (2003), won the Fidler Award and was also Highly Commended for the Branford Boase Award and nominated for a Carnegie Medal. Her other novels are The Outcasts (2004), A Dog For Life (2006), Lexi (2007) and After the Flood (2008). Matthews also wrote two short SEN titles, Deadly Night and The Game, which were both published in 2006.
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February 17, 2020
A very sweet children’s book, that has some fantasy elements that as an adult you know to just be children’s imagination and explanations of the world. A very sweet ending and twists you didn’t see coming.
January 11, 2009
This book is schizophrenic, and this is unfortunate. I couldn't figure out for a while whether it was meant to be magical realism, post apocalyptic or what...but it turned out to be simple reality. The most creative elements of this book are the stories that the homeless children tell, but they are not the author's creation. There is no source note mentioning this, nor have any of the reviews picked up on this, but they are based on real myths that homeless children in Miami tell (or told back in the late 1990s) to help themselves survive, Here is a link to a story about that: http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1997-06-... I don't begrudge the author using this source material, but I wish it had been mentioned somewhere.
Now as I read the book, I wondered why the reviews I read were so weirdly mixed. It seemed a decent enough book, and not worthy of the weird criticisms I had read in professional journals. Then I got to page 154, which is about where the book should have ended. With everything all nice and sorted out. Unfortunately, it kept going for 45 more pages and got extremely preachy. It's too bad, because there was an interesting story in there.
I didn't buy this book for my library collection, and I would not recommend it.
Now as I read the book, I wondered why the reviews I read were so weirdly mixed. It seemed a decent enough book, and not worthy of the weird criticisms I had read in professional journals. Then I got to page 154, which is about where the book should have ended. With everything all nice and sorted out. Unfortunately, it kept going for 45 more pages and got extremely preachy. It's too bad, because there was an interesting story in there.
I didn't buy this book for my library collection, and I would not recommend it.
March 20, 2009
I really liked parts of this book, but others really dragged it down for me. It veers from reality to fantasy and back again several times. There are several "magical" characters mentioned by name and explanations as to what powers they have, but it is never clear if these are purely imaginative stories created by the homeless children of the story or if this book is set in a fantastical realm.
I'm not sure who I would recommend this title too -- it's a bit schizophrenic.
I'm not sure who I would recommend this title too -- it's a bit schizophrenic.
July 15, 2011
English writer. Starts slowly. I bought it because of my name, read it because a student of mine read it and I wanted to know if she truly understood. Enjoyed it, some excitement, twists and an excellent ending.
August 27, 2013
I picked up this book in a charity shop when I was in year four or five and felt strangely compelled to read it. I was one of the first books I read over and over again. Despite the grim theme to the books, something about it just made me fall in love!
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April 13, 2009
Lexi wakes up with no memory but finds her way to a shelter. Everything works out too easily. No consistent character development.
January 22, 2011
it was kind of confusing
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