Sarah Goodman

Eventide by Sarah Goodman
Publisher: Tor Teen

This book had me from page 1. It starts out with sisters Verity and Lilah whose mother is dead and their father is in an insane asylum in New York. They are taken by train to a small town in Arkansas. Lilah is taken into one family that is unconventional-the local school teacher and her uncle are her new parents. Verity is taken in by a farming couple who have their nephew's help with the farm and Verity is to be another farmhand.

Verity is warned to never go into the forest. There are unnatural occurrences there all the time. No one explains to Verity why she shouldn't go near the forest, they just warn her away. She finds herself entering the forbidden forest.

There is a historical fiction side to the story along with fantasy. An interesting plot with unexpected twists and turns. Surprising and shocking all along the way.

Many thanks to the publisher Tor Teen for the complimentary copy of this book. I was under no obligation to post a review.… (altro)

In many respects, the boys in Toronto's Royal St. George's College prep school are just like any others. They defy teachers by roaming the halls during class, throw pool parties celebrating the onset of summer and provide questionable insights into Lord of the Flies. But as they discuss airlines and credit cards with the same oblivious ease as they do girls and video games, it becomes clear that they are a class apart. Granted rare access to this cradle of privilege, director Sarah Goodman slowly focuses her camera on pensive, introspective Noah as he navigates a tumultuous new social milieu and deals with an emerging class consciousness. When We Were Boys is a coming-of-age story at once disconcertingly alien and painfully familiar: Take it as evidence no one gets to shirk the awkward and difficult task of growing up. Plays with Big Birding Day (dir. David Wilson; 12 min.), a bromance involving a particular genus of American men, Homo competitivus.

When We Were Boys: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1439578/
Big Birding Day: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1662636/… (altro)