Stork (stork Trilogy)

Synopsis

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.)