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The Hippie House Library Binding – April 1, 2004
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Katherine Holubitsky
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The "summer of love" is a time of idealistic freedom and experimentation for Emma, her cousin Megan, and the young people of Pike Creek. While her brother Eric's band practices in what Uncle Pat has dubbed the Hippie House, the girls suntan on their small lake and hitchhike into town to hang around the Drop-In Center. They find the growing crowd of long-haired musicians and hangers-on that begin to show up at the farm both enticing and a bit scary. The beginning of the school year brings excitement and change for Emma. But when eighteen-year-old Katie Russell disappears, her teenage sense of immortality is suddenly shattered. A month later, when Eric discovers Katie's body in the Hippie House, the entire community is thrown into turmoil. There are plenty of suspects in the brutal murder, but for months the case remains unsolved. And while others speculate, Eric agonizes that the killer may have been one of the many drifters who passed through the Hippie House during the summer.
- Reading age12 - 17 years
- Print length244 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level8 - 12
- Lexile measure900L
- Dimensions5 x 0.8 x 7.5 inches
- PublisherOrca Book Publishers
- Publication dateApril 1, 2004
- ISBN-101551433168
- ISBN-13978-1551433165
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Editorial Reviews
Review
"Rreaders will be on the edge of their seats."
"It is a series of rich character studies embedded in Holubitsky's recreation of an earlier, more innocent time period."
"Highly recommended." ― Canadian Book Review Annual
"Fully developed characters, a complex situation, and a well-realized setting of time and place." "Certainly this is a well-written novel." ― KLIATT
"Absorbing and thoughtful." "It would appeal to mature readers with an interest in psychological drama." ― VOYA
"In this stunning murder/mystery Katherine Holubitsky brings alive rural life..."
"This is a quietly creepy book that slowly but inexorably leads the reader onward. There is a sinister, uneasy atmosphere that sneaks up on the reader. Holubitsky uses straightforward, almost abrupt foreshadowing that electrifies. You can feel the hair on your arms rise up as you are compelled...to read on."
"There is no telling, only masterful showing."
"Holubitsky has perfectly captured that time in a teenager's life when childhood is no longer possible and adulthood looms closer than you might like."
"This outstanding coming of age story should be in every high school library. Highly recommended." ― Resource Links
"The Hippie House will resonate with today's young readers and those of generations to come." ― Edmonton Journal
"There are many powerfully evoked, acutely observed scenes." "Holubitsky's strengths-her emotional perceptiveness, her graceful, nuanced writing, her painfully true depictions of teen life-shine here." ― Quill & Quire
"Recommended." ― CM Magazine
"It is a series of rich character studies embedded in Holubitsky's recreation of an earlier, more innocent time period."
"Highly recommended." ― Canadian Book Review Annual
"Fully developed characters, a complex situation, and a well-realized setting of time and place." "Certainly this is a well-written novel." ― KLIATT
"Absorbing and thoughtful." "It would appeal to mature readers with an interest in psychological drama." ― VOYA
"In this stunning murder/mystery Katherine Holubitsky brings alive rural life..."
"This is a quietly creepy book that slowly but inexorably leads the reader onward. There is a sinister, uneasy atmosphere that sneaks up on the reader. Holubitsky uses straightforward, almost abrupt foreshadowing that electrifies. You can feel the hair on your arms rise up as you are compelled...to read on."
"There is no telling, only masterful showing."
"Holubitsky has perfectly captured that time in a teenager's life when childhood is no longer possible and adulthood looms closer than you might like."
"This outstanding coming of age story should be in every high school library. Highly recommended." ― Resource Links
"The Hippie House will resonate with today's young readers and those of generations to come." ― Edmonton Journal
"There are many powerfully evoked, acutely observed scenes." "Holubitsky's strengths-her emotional perceptiveness, her graceful, nuanced writing, her painfully true depictions of teen life-shine here." ― Quill & Quire
"Recommended." ― CM Magazine
Book Description
Summer, 1970. When a local girl is found brutally murdered, the freedom and innocence of "the summer of love" are forgotten and for fourteen-year-old Emma, things will never be the same.
From the Inside Flap
murder, hippies, bands, summer, death
From the Back Cover
Summer 1970. Emma Jenkins is fourteen years old and looking forward to entering her first year of high school. It is a time of idealistic freedom and experimentation for Emma, her cousin Megan, and the young people of Pike Creek. While her brother Eric's band practices in what Uncle Pat has dubbed the Hippie House, the girls suntan on their small lake and hitchhike into town to hang around the Drop-In Center. They find the growing crowd of long-haired musicians and hangers-on that begin to show up at the farm both enticing and a bit scary. The beginning of the school year brings excitement and change. But when eighteen-year-old Katie Russell disappears, Emma's teenage sense of immortality is suddenly shattered. A month later, when Eric discovers Katie's body in the Hippie House, now abandoned for the winter, the entire community is thrown into turmoil.
About the Author
Katherine Holubitsky's first novel, Alone at Ninety Foot, (Orca Book Publishers), won the CLA Book of the Year for Young Adults and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award. She has also written Last Summer in Agatha, The Hippie House and The Mountain that Walked, all published by Orca. Katherine lives in Edmonton, Alberta.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
This is what I was doing when the back door opened and I heard the sound that would change our lives.
It was my brother―after bursting through the kitchen door, he was shouting for Dad, screaming for him in the most horrific voice, tortured and full of terror. Paralyzed by what I heard, I stopped what I was doing and listened. Eric was tromping back and forth in his heavy boots with "Dad" being the only word he seemed able to say...By the time I reached the top of the stairs I could hear my mother trying desperately to calm Eric down―trying to understand what could possibly have upset her son to the point that he could no longer speak.
It was my brother―after bursting through the kitchen door, he was shouting for Dad, screaming for him in the most horrific voice, tortured and full of terror. Paralyzed by what I heard, I stopped what I was doing and listened. Eric was tromping back and forth in his heavy boots with "Dad" being the only word he seemed able to say...By the time I reached the top of the stairs I could hear my mother trying desperately to calm Eric down―trying to understand what could possibly have upset her son to the point that he could no longer speak.
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Product details
- Publisher : Orca Book Publishers (April 1, 2004)
- Language : English
- Library Binding : 244 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1551433168
- ISBN-13 : 978-1551433165
- Reading age : 12 - 17 years
- Lexile measure : 900L
- Grade level : 8 - 12
- Item Weight : 10.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.8 x 7.5 inches
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