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Personal

Born in MA; married.

Addresses

Home—Brooklyn, NY. [email protected].

Career

Writer.

Writings

Skin (young-adult novel), Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 2006.

Sight (young-adult novel), Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 2007.

Sidelights

Adrienne Maria Vrettos focuses on the pain of anorexia in her young-adult novel Skin. A Kirkus Reviews contributor described it as "a marvelous debut featuring an unforgettable character." The story begins with fourteen-year-old Donnie trying to revive his sixteen-year-old sister, Karen, who has starved herself to death. The rest of the novel reflects on the past and recounts the events that led to the tragedy from the viewpoint of the sibling whose life was so affected. Donnie's parents do not get along, and he finds himself in the background as more of their attention focuses on their daughter's problems. He fakes a relationship with Karen's friend, Amanda, creating f

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I am the author of the young adult novels Skin, Sight, The Exile of Gigi Lane and Burnout; and the middle-grade novel Best Friends for Never.

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Writer Adrienne Vrettos tells us what inspired THE EXILE OF G grew up on a mountain in southern California, where she rode dirt bikes and made a mean double-mud pie.

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My very first middle-grade novel Best Friends for Never just came out with Scholastic, and I am just beyond excited.

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Writer Adrienne Vrettos tells us what inspired THE EXILE OF G grew up on a mountain in southern California, where she rode dirt bikes and made a mean double-mud pie.

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by Adrienne Maria Vrettos First-time novelist Vrettos finds a fresh angle for a familiar topic by focusing her story about Karen, an anorexic, on Donnie, her younger brother.

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The Christian God- dess: Archetype and Theology in the Fan- tasies of George MacDonald, 736–38.

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Adrienne Maria Vrettos focuses on the pain of anorexia in her young-adult novel Skin.

Adrienne Maria Vrettos (Author of Skin) - Goodreads

Fifteen-year-old Dylan has horrific visions of the last moments of a child's life -- a child who has been abducted, kidnapped, or worse.