The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint – Rating 4
Title: The Blue Girl
Author: Charles de Lint
Grade Level: 10th-12th
Lexile: 800 (not positive about this)
Librarian’s Review: Although Imogene is the central heroine of Charles de Lint’s urban fantasy novel, the story is told from three points of view including Imogene, her friend Maxine, and a ghost boy named Adrian. It can get confusing if you don’t pay attention as the chapters switch from “then” to “now” and in the various points of view. Still, the story is engaging enough to keep you straight.
The basic premise is: plucky bad girl moves to new town (trying to behave), makes friends with mousy sweet loser, and weird magical stuff starts to happen. The three major characters are developed well enough that when the story ends you want to know what is next for these girls. Imogene is a kick butt “nice” bad girl…think Angelina Jolie at 16 or 17 with short spiky hair. She becomes friends with Maxine and they rub off on each other in positive ways.
I enjoyed that Imogene was a cool tough chick but she wasn’t breaking laws or being a punk. She actually defended other people and tried to do the right thing.
Definitely would like to see a sequel in the future and will try de Lint’s other novels.
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