Lists that contain girl in the arena by lise haines. One star its a fight to the deathon live tvwhen a gladiators daughter steps into the arena. Small acts of sex and electricity unbridled books, a book sense pick in 2006 and one of ten best book picks for 2006 by the npr. The first thing that made me want to read girl in the arena was the book s cover. When we disappear is a remarkable novel that does what only great fiction can. Founded in 1998 by now author kimberly pauley as a basic stopover for people looking for information on young adult books, yabc has since evolved into one of the largest professional book recommendation sites targeted towards tween and teen readers. Books related to girl in the arena by lise haines bookmate. Yabc is your first stop for all things book related. Lise haines is a wonder, and this is her most thrilling book to date. Read girl in the arena, by lise haines online on bookmate as a modern gladiators daughter, lyn and her family live by the rules of the gladiator sports association. Lyns seventh father tommy is going to fight in his third to last battle against uber.
I cant even remember when i bought my paperback copy of girl in the arena. Haines plays against type and conjures up a finale that is suspenseful, scary, tragic, and inspiring all at once. Haines s first book for teens offers an altered version of the modern world, with a public hungry for violent, oncamera combat. Upon finishing girl in the arena, i immediately logged onto goodreads and checked for. The story was centered around a girl named lyn, who had 7 fathers. The girl in the arena book by lise haines 2 available. She is the author of two adult novels, in my sisters country and small acts of sex and electricity, as well as many essays and short stories. Its been sitting in my tbr pile for years and ive carried it from manila to singapore when i moved but havent had a. Lise haines 2019 all rights reserved website by sienna haines.
The girl in the arena has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Lise haines s fourth novel, when we disappear, was published by unbridled books in june 2018. The world of girl in the arena is one very much like today, but with a neogladiator subculture. Lyn does not want to follow in her mothers footsteps as a gladiator wife, but when her seventh gladiator father falls in the arena she worries about the future of her family. During the week, lyn lives in a big house in cambridge and hangs out with friends in harvard square.
Ya dystopia novels, gotta have em, if you loved the hunger games, if you like the hu. Lise haines books list of books by author lise haines. I really bought lyns dilemma, thanks to haines s skillful characterizations. Based on everything i read about the book, i really thought i was in for an action story and was really looking forward to it. Buy a cheap copy of girl in the arena book by lise haines. Haines uses her novel to pass judgement on fighters its. Its a fight to the deathon live tvwhen a gladiators daughter steps into the arenalyn is a neogladiators daughter, through and through. Young adultlise haines official girl in the arena pagelise haines girl in the arena is spectacular. Lise haines is a novelist of great empathy and penetrating insight. The gladiators from girl in the arena by lise haines are present day fighters complete with technology and all the other trappings we have these days. So i did enjoy the book overall but just wanted more from it. When we disappear unbridled books, scheduled june 2018 for which tom perrotta writes, haines is a novelist of great empathy and penetrating insight. This week, lise haines writes about when we disappear from unbridled books. Girl in the arena by lise haines and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Lise haines is writer in residence at emerson college, has held a briggscopeland lectureship at harvard, and was a finalist for the pen nelson algren award and the paterson fiction prize. I do know that i picked it up because it came highly recommended by my good friend angie. Surprisingly, girl in the arena lingered in my mind days after i finished reading it so the story must have made more of an impression that i initially thought. As a modern gladiators daughter, lyn and her family live by the rules of the gladiator sports association. Overall, i enjoyed the basic ideas in the novel girl in the arena, however, i felt that some things could have. Goodreads members who liked girl in the arena also liked. Girl in the arena by lise haines 2010, paperback for. Girl in the arena by lise haines 2009, hardcover for. Its beautifully done and shows a girl in gladiator gear. Lyn gives tommy her dowry bracelet for good luck, but it turns out to be bad luck for her. The girl in the arena by lise haines fantastic fiction.
From the title, the jacket blurb and the cover, i was a bit wary that the book would be about some unbelievable badass female neogladiator but thats not what girl in the arena is about at all. Find books like girl in the arena from the worlds largest community of readers. If you think about it, if lise haines hadnt have added the whole virtual lyn concept, lyn still would have gone into the arena, the incident with thad could still happen, and the rest of the ending would have worked out just as fine. Girl in the arena lise haines ebooks download pdf epub doc audiobook. I have to admit that i was expecting quite a different book when i started girl in the arena. Girl in the arena by lise haines published by bloomsbury, october, 2009 eighteenyearold lyn is the daughter of a gladiator father and a mother who made marrying gladiators her career, enabling her to provide a comfortable lifestyle for herself. The leadin to the story was kind of tough to get through as it is supposed to be an excerpt from a book on the history of how gladiator fighting began, written by a teenaged girl who has. For fans of the hunger games and fight club, lise haines debut novel is a mesmerizing look at a world addicted to violencea modern world thats disturbingly easy to imagine. Its a fight to the death on live tv when a gladiators daughter steps into the arena lyn is a. The sleepover club, book 21, the key the magnificent 12, book 3, megan 3, mega sleepover 3 the sleepover club, meridian, lise haines. She is the author of two adult novels, in my sisters country and small acts of. Girl in the arena has been compared to suzanne collins hunger games, and parallels can be drawn between the violent cultures in both books, but the story in each book is totally unique. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
When we disappear unbridled books, 2018, girl in the arena bloomsbury, small acts. Her three earlier books are girl in the arena bloomsbury usa, a 2011 south carolina book award nominee, optioned by hbo. See all books authored by lise haines, including girl in the arena, and in my sisters country, and more on. Girl in the arena by lise haines scholarberrybooks. Girl in the arena is a heartbreakingly sad book, filled with poignant emotions that are so human, despite the absurd premise. Hainess first book for teens offers an altered version of the modern world, with a public hungry for violent, oncamera combat. Lise haines is the author of three novels, girl in the arena, small acts of sex and electricity a book sense pick in 2006 and one of ten best book picks for 2006 by the npr station in san diego, and in my sisters country, a finalist for the 2003 paterson fiction prize. Girl in the arena is an interesting story concept taking place in a society where gladiatorstyle fights to the death are big business, highstakes sports. Girl in the arena by lise haines read online on bookmate. The book opened with a background of the society, telling us that the gladiator sport began as some dad. Its a fight to the deathon live tvwhen a gladiators daughter.
And girl in the arena makes me question this inherent bloodthirst. Lise haines the girl in the arena one way or an author. What lise haines has wrought is a kind of comic book without pictures, a wild novel about neoroman gladiators thatrocking with violent. A hitand run accident on an empty road pulls a young girls family apart. Girl in the arena bloomsbury, a south carolina book award nominee. Instead, the book turns out to be more social commentary with feminist insights strewn throughout. Girl in the arena girl in the arena by lise haines published by bloomsbury usa childrens books on october th 2009. Recommended for fans of dystopian ya or those who like fiction featuring. The world haines crafts is chilling, with violence a regular part of every day life, but yet also offers many similarities with our society now. Lyn is a neogladiators daughter, through and through. Girl in the arena by lise haines reading is my superpower.
The cover on girl in the arena sold me on the book immediately. Small acts of sex and electricity unbridled books, named a book sense pick in 2006 and one of ten best book picks for 2006 by san diegos npr station. Download read girl in the arena 2010 by lise haines in. Goodreads members voted girl in the arena into the following lists. Lise haines, american author and senior writer in residence at emerson college. Click to read more about girl in the arena by lise haines. Dystopia, speculative fiction, young adult publisher. Which i think indicates how well haines manages to pull her readers into her story. Girl in the arena is her first work for young adults.