family Secrets. Lost Memories. And The Arrival Of An Ancient Magical Ability That Will Reveal Everything. sixteen-year-old Katla Leblanc Has Just Moved From Los Angeles To minnesota. As If It Weren’t Enough That Her Trendy Fashion Sense Draws Stares, Katla Soon Finds Out That She’s A Stork, A Member Of a Mysterious order Of Women Tasked With A Very Unique Duty. But Katla’s Biggest Challenge May Be Finding Her Flock At A new School. Between Being Ignored By Wade, The Arrogant jock she Stupidly Fooled Around With, And Constantly Arguing With Gorgeous Farm Boy And Editor-in-chief Jack, Katla Is Relieved When Her Assignment As The School Paper’s Fashion Columnist Brings With It Some Much-needed Friendship. But As Homecoming Approaches, Katla Uncovers A Shocking Secret About Her Past — A Secret That Binds Her Fate To Jack’s In A Way Neither Could Have Ever Anticipated. With A Nod To Hans Christian Andersen And inspired By norse Lore, Wendy Delsol’s Debut Novel introduces a Hip And Witty Heroine who Finds Herself Tail-feathers Deep In Small-town Life.
publishers Weekly virulent, Communicable Cradle Cap Is An Improbable Candidate For The Next Big Paranormal Trend, But That Is The Manifestation Bestowed Upon 16-year-old Kat Leblanc, Newly Relocated To Minnesota From California And In Revolt Against Everything In Her New Life. Kat Is A Fashion Diva--arrogant, Sharp-tongued, And Hurting From Her Parents' Divorce. After An Impulsive Episode In A Backseat With Someone Else's Boyfriend, She's Also A Social Outcast. The Only Acceptance She Finds Is Among A Group Of Strange Old Women Who Acknowledge That She Is A Stork--one Who Mystically Chooses Which Women Will Become Pregnant. Kat's Outbreaks Of Cradle Cap, Scratching My Darn Head Until Blood And Pus Trickled Down, Call The Group To Meet (once You Start Scratching, We Will All Get The Cap). It's A Strange And Gross Misstep, As The Book Strains For Novelty While Kat Works Her Way Through Romantic Minefields And The Blossoming Of Her Powers. First-time Author Delsol Is More Than Capable Of Writing Convincing Imaginative Scenes, But They Form More Of A Bumpy Patchwork Than A Well-paced Whole. Ages 12–up. (oct.)

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Stork (Stork, #1)

Wendy Delsol; OverDrive, Inc

Candlewick Press; Candlewick

Publisher not identified

1st U.S. ed., Somerville, Mass, Massachusetts, 2010

Place of publication not identified, 2010

Stork, 1, 1st ed, Somerville, Mass, 2010

United States, United States of America

Unabridged, Solon, Ohio, 2010], ℗2010

Unabridged, Cambridge, Mass, 2010

version: 5.0

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Oh Baby! A Hip Heroine Discovers That She Has The Ability To Decide Who Gets Pregnant In This Witty Ya Blend Of Romance And The Supernatural From A Debut Author. (ages 12 And Up) Sixteen-year-old Katla Has Just Moved From Los Angeles To The Sticks Of Minnesota. As If It Weren’t Enough That Her Trendy Fashion Sense Draws Stares, She Learns To Her Horror That She’s A Member Of An Ancient Order Of Women Who Decide To Whom Certain Babies Will Be Born. Add To That Wade, The Arrogant Football Star Whom Katla Regrettably Fooled Around With, And Jack, A Gorgeous Farm Boy Who Initially Seems To Hate Her. Soon Katla Is Having Freaky Dreams About A Crying Infant And Learns That, As Children, She And Jack Shared A Near-fatal, Possibly Mystical Experience. Can Katla Survive This Major Life Makeover And Find A Dress For The Homecoming Dance? Drawing From Norse Mythology And Inspired By The Snow Queen By Hans Christian Andersen, Debut Author Wendy Delsol Conceives An Irreverent, Highly Entertaining Novel About Embracing Change And The (baby) Bumps Along The Way.

Family secrets. Lost memories. And the arrival of an ancient magical ability that will reveal everything.
Sixteen-year-old Katla LeBlanc has just moved from Los Angeles to Minnesota. As if it werent enough that her trendy fashion sense draws stares, Katla soon finds out that shes a Stork, a member of a mysterious order of women tasked with a very unique duty. But Katlas biggest challenge may be finding her flock at a new school. Between being ignored by Wade, the arrogant jock she stupidly fooled around with, and constantly arguing with gorgeous farm boy and editor-in-chief Jack, Katla is relieved when her assignment as the school papers fashion columnist brings with it some much-needed friendship. But as Homecoming approaches, Katla uncovers a shocking secret about her past a secret that binds her fate to Jacks in a way neither could have ever anticipated. With a nod to Hans Christian Andersen and inspired by Norse lore, Wendy Delsols debut novel introduces a hip and witty heroine who finds herself tail-feathers deep in small-town life.

After her parents' divorce, Katla and her mother move from Los Angeles to Norse Falls, Minnesota, where Kat immediately alienates two boys at her high school and, improbably, discovers a kinship with a mysterious group of elderly women--the Icelandic Stork Society--who "deliver souls."

2011-08-26