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Isabel: Running on the Edge
Alt Cover: ASIN B00R8U3GOW
Life was perfect for 14 year old Isabel surrounded by good friends and a close family, but the accident changed everything. Forced to move from beautiful Ravenwood to struggle town, Northgate, Isabel soon discovers life is not so easy.
The consequences of the accident ripple through her family, hurting each member and damaging their relationships. Without support from her family, Isabel must begin again in a new school, where she doesn't fit in.
Encountering many obstacles at home and at school, she struggles to overcome them. Angry and lonely, Isabel turns to her passions of running and art in a bid to seek a better future, yet she overlooks elements essential for happiness. Eventually she discovers the missing pieces but must decide what to do with them to find fulfilment and experience happiness.
This is a new cover version of Isabel: Running on the Edge ISBN 13: 9781310029691
Life was perfect for 14 year old Isabel surrounded by good friends and a close family, but the accident changed everything. Forced to move from beautiful Ravenwood to struggle town, Northgate, Isabel soon discovers life is not so easy.
The consequences of the accident ripple through her family, hurting each member and damaging their relationships. Without support from her family, Isabel must begin again in a new school, where she doesn't fit in.
Encountering many obstacles at home and at school, she struggles to overcome them. Angry and lonely, Isabel turns to her passions of running and art in a bid to seek a better future, yet she overlooks elements essential for happiness. Eventually she discovers the missing pieces but must decide what to do with them to find fulfilment and experience happiness.
This is a new cover version of Isabel: Running on the Edge ISBN 13: 9781310029691
182 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 7, 2014
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E.M. Cooper
11 books47 followersI'm an Australian author living in Canberra, who loves writing, art and design.
In my spare time I enjoy running over the hills and mountain bike trails of the nearby pine and eucalypt forests of Mt Stromlo.
In my spare time I enjoy running over the hills and mountain bike trails of the nearby pine and eucalypt forests of Mt Stromlo.
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February 11, 2015
Isabel: Running on the Edge tells a story about fourteen-year-old Isabel who moves, along with her three siblings and parents, into a new town where they have to start all over.
Isabel misses her old life and hopes to eventually return to her hometown, Ravenwood but due to money troubles and the mysterious accident her father was in, her family is forced to stay. Things become really difficult for Isabel at the beginning. The new classmates, particularly one of the girls, is giving her hard time, her father is not doing well both physically and psychologically and on top of that, her mother decides to take her younger sister and leave home. Isabel feels lonely and lost, however, the art class, running and a growing bond with a boy form her class, Michael, might lift her spirit after all.
E.M.Cooper wrote a beautiful coming of age story, one that my inner teenage girl emphasised with utterly. Behind the family and school troubles the main character mainly struggles to find herself and her bliss in life. She becomes a strong and compassionate girl who learns to understand other people flaws and eventually even manages to make her foes into friends.
Though Isabel is going through hard times, it still is an up-lifting and relaxing read overall. I particularly enjoyed the growing relationship between Isabel, Michael and the unlikely girl Jessica. It depicts so beautifully childhood friendships and first feelings of affection.
It’s a beautiful story and I would recommend it to everyone, not only to teenage girls, because I believe it’s a classical story of self discovery and understanding oneself through observing the world around you.
Isabel misses her old life and hopes to eventually return to her hometown, Ravenwood but due to money troubles and the mysterious accident her father was in, her family is forced to stay. Things become really difficult for Isabel at the beginning. The new classmates, particularly one of the girls, is giving her hard time, her father is not doing well both physically and psychologically and on top of that, her mother decides to take her younger sister and leave home. Isabel feels lonely and lost, however, the art class, running and a growing bond with a boy form her class, Michael, might lift her spirit after all.
E.M.Cooper wrote a beautiful coming of age story, one that my inner teenage girl emphasised with utterly. Behind the family and school troubles the main character mainly struggles to find herself and her bliss in life. She becomes a strong and compassionate girl who learns to understand other people flaws and eventually even manages to make her foes into friends.
Though Isabel is going through hard times, it still is an up-lifting and relaxing read overall. I particularly enjoyed the growing relationship between Isabel, Michael and the unlikely girl Jessica. It depicts so beautifully childhood friendships and first feelings of affection.
It’s a beautiful story and I would recommend it to everyone, not only to teenage girls, because I believe it’s a classical story of self discovery and understanding oneself through observing the world around you.
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