Edna In The Desert

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Maddy Lederman

Publisher Name

Electio Publishing

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YA Contemporary

Age Range

11+

Release Date

April 01, 2016

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1632134004

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EDNA IN THE DESERT Can a Beverly Hills teen survive without a smart phone, Internet, and TV? Edna will find out. Edna is a precocious trouble-maker wreaking havoc at her Beverly Hills school. Her therapist advocates medication, but her parents come up with an alternative cure: Edna will spend the summer in the desert with her grandparents. Their remote cabin is cut off from cell phone service, Internet and television. Edna naturally finds this arrangement unacceptable. She's determined to rebel until she meets an older local boy and falls in love for the first time. How can she get to know him from the edge of nowhere?

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A Cute Story on the Younger Side

September 27, 2016

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Edna in the Desert is a cute story with a great concept that a lot of people can relate to. She's a thirteen-year-old girl who has the attitude of any girl her age who has been spoiled in the culture that is Beverly Hills. To be completely honest, she's a brat, and her parent's know she's a brat. They want to do something about it. So, that's how Edna ends up banished to the desert for the summer to spend time with her odd grandparents. No TV. No cell phone. None of the furnishings of her life.

Edna goes through a journey that is heartwarming to watch. The way her relationship with her grandmother evolves is sweet. Helping her come to terms with her summer situation is Johnny. Falling in love for the first time is special, and this is no different for her. This relationship is hard to reconcile because a high school senior having feelings for a middle-schooler is a tad creepy. It was handled in a classy way, but the book would have been much better without it.

Edna in the Desert will resonate with kids on the younger side of the young adult spectrum who will enjoy it's honest and genuine writing.

Michelle Lynn, Assistant Indie Manager Top 50 Reviewer 204 reviews

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Book Wonderland's 5 Star Review

August 31, 2016 (Updated: August 31, 2016)

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Review by Book Wonderland, 7/11/16

My Rating: 5 Star

I truly adored this book and everything about it. Edna is such a funny character which keeps the novel enjoyable and upbeat. No doubt she can be a real witch at times but that makes her even more entertaining. Throughout the book we see her develop from her old, self-centered self into someone who learns to appreciate everything around her and her condition in life. Johnny is another character that sparks lots of interest. It is evident that he is much more mature than Edna but there connection is so amazing.

Edna is a 13 year old Beverly Hills teen. Her snide comments and disrespect towards her parents leads them to abandon her in the desert with her grandparents. Edna is in complete shock by this and now must do chores everyday and be respectful to her grandparents who live in the middle of nowhere. She has no idea how she will survive with no contact to the outside world. She tries everything she can in order to get out of this situation. But when Johnny, a handsome 17 year old that lives in town, appears she realizes that this summer might not be so bad after all.

Besides Edna and Johnny’s relationship, Edna’s relationship with her grandparents is beautiful as well. In the beginning she wants nothing to do with them but once she begins to understand both of them and what they have been through she finds herself looking up to each of them as well as the love they share.

Overall this was such an entertaining, quick read that has much more depth to it than I expected. A big thank you to Maddy for sending me this because it is such a beautiful story with incredible life lessons and morals weaved within. I recommend this book to anyone that is on the lookout for an entertaining and gorgeous read.

Thanks for reading! -Catherine
Originally posted on 7/11/16 on Book Wonderland.

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"Overall this was such an entertaining, quick read that has much more depth to it than I expected."

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