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003. The Green Man by Michael Bedard
Publication: Tundra Books (April 10, 2012), eARC, 320pp / ISBN 1770492852
Genre: YA Magical Realism/Fantasy

Read: Jan 2-3, 2012
Source: NetGalley

This book will be released on April 10, 2012!

Review

I hadn’t realized that The Green Man is a sequel to another book when I requested it at NetGalley, but in retrospect I don’t think it matters all that much. Apparently it’s got some of the same characters from the first book in it, but the POV is mostly from a new character, so I don’t feel too annoyed that I read this one first before reading the previous book.

O’s aunt Emily is weird and probably crazy, but in the best sort of way. She’s a poet who owns a bookstore, and though O has reservations about spending the summer with Emily at The Green Man she wants to help her out after Emily’s recent heart attack. What O finds at the bookshop and about aunt Emily’s past, leads to a more exciting, magical, and poetry-filled summer than O ever expected. Continue reading »

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