What Happened to Lani Garver by Carol Plum-Ucci

Even if not always convincing, the plotting exerts a sure grip, commanding the imagination well past the final page. The climactic scene, in which the boys kidnap Lani and Claire and take them to the docks, crackles with suspense. Printz Award Honor Book, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an IRA-CBC Children's Choice, and a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. Her first novel, The Body of Christopher Creed, was a Michael L. Plum-Ucci's talent is such that readers will share rather than dismiss Claire's curiosity. Carol Plum-Ucci has been widely praised for capturing the heart and voice of teens while seamlessly combining reality with the supernatural. Harcourt, 6. When an orderly tells her about androgynous 'floating angels,' spiritual beings that help people in need, the discussion plants a question in Claire's mind, and as odd events continue, she skates close to asking if Lani might be one of those angels. BUY THIS BOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO LANI GARVER Carol Plum-Ucci. They bond, a bit quickly, as he helps her face her 'hidden garbage,' (among other things, her recent ill health is due to an eating disorder).

When Lani finds her fainting, he pries her secrets out of her, then takes her to a hospital where she can get tested without parental consent. Claire has been hiding much of her identity, too: she conceals her electric guitar and the bloody lyrics she writes, and she doesn't tell her friends or her alcoholic mother that she suspects her leukemia has returned. When Lani shows up on Hackett Island, neither Claire nor her cheerleader friends can tell if Lani is male or female (Asked if he's a girl, he says, 'Oh! No. WHAT HAPPENED TO LANI GARVER, Plum-Uccis second novel, is story of prejudice, friendship, popularity, tolerance, and individuality.

Claire McKenzie, narrator of this taut, provocative novel, wonders not only 'what happened to Lani Garver' but about who-and what-Lani is. In Plum-Ucci's 2002 novel, What Happened to Lani Garver, readers are introduced to sixteen-year-old Clair McKenzie, a popular high school student cheerleader living in a tightly-knit fishing community, whose friendly demeanor hides a host of worries.

What Happened to Lani Garver by Carol Plum-Ucci