The Exene Chronicles
by Camille A. Collins
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Pub Date Sep 25 2018 | Archive Date May 14 2019
Kindred Books / Brain Mill Press | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
Lia is fourteen and losing her best friend. When things don’t seem like they could get any worse, Ryan disappears.
Lia
is one of only a handful of black kids in Coronado, her San Diego
suburb. The only person she feels she can talk to is punk rock high
priestess and frontwoman to a legendary LA band, Exene Cervenka. Reeling
from Ryan’s disappearance, Lia writes letters and poems to Exene every
day. She can relate to Exene—but if they were to ever meet, would Exene
be able to relate to her? With Exene and her band’s searing soundtrack
as her chief inspiration, Lia dives head-first into a dark and spiky
counterculture rife with confrontation, shifting alliances, and
unsettling insights into what Ryan was doing and what might have
happened to her.
Set against the backdrop of the 1980s heyday of
LA punk rock, The Exene Chronicles sings of the coming of a new age for
all girls in America who have been disenfranchised by the spaces they
identified as their own. With lyrical prose and an unrelenting moral
center, Camille A. Collins liberates the punk in all of us.
A Note From the Publisher
Available in EPUB (ISBN: 9781948559065), MOBI ( ISBN: 9781948559072), and PDF (ISBN: 9781948559089).
Advance Praise
“It is a pleasure to discover--or perhaps that should be uncover--a
first book by a new writer. Collins has bravely and with courage given
us a coming-of-age story that we will enjoy sharing with our teenage
sons and daughters. And we look forward to the next book.” Poet Nikki
Giovanni
"Camille Collins has a voice like water. There is lush
music in her debut novel -- each word flows with purpose and beauty. In
the big sea of young adult literature, The Exene Chronicles casts a
powerful net and takes us in -- heart and all." --Kwame Alexander,
Newberry medalist and New York Times best-selling author of Rebound
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* NYC Bookstore appearances
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781948559058 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Samantha-Louise H, Educator
With “retro” books and television shows having a moment, it’s great to read a novel set in the 80s which has a black girl as the protagonist, particularly as it does not gloss over or ignore what life would have been like for someone like Lia during this era.
The author’s writing is phenomenal: beautifully crafted and emotive. The characters and their relationships are also really well conveyed and convincing and the author does a great job of illustrating the twists and turns of teenage life. The punk element added a quirky spin to this book, which I liked, despite it not being a movement I am overly familiar with. It’s familiar enough with just a touch of something magical: I’d definitely recommend this book!
