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Orfe Paperback – May 11, 2009

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Love stories aren’t about how they end.

A chance meeting on a street corner with her childhood friend Orfe plunges Enny into the tough world of popular music. As Orfe’s business manager, Enny sees Orfe and her band, the three Graces, arrive at the brink of success—and watches Orfe's dangerous obsession with Yuri.

Yuri, with his black, tightly curled hair that hangs like the tendrils of grape vines. Yuri, with his dark eyes that look right into yours as if he doesn’t want to miss anything about you. Yuri, with a problem that may be deeper and stronger than the love he and Orfe share. Orfe’s music has always been her salvation, but it may not be enough to save Yuri. And without Yuri, what will become of Orfe herself?
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  1. Reading age
    12 years and up
  2. Print length
    162 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    7 - 4
  5. Dimensions
    4.19 x 0.4 x 7 inches
  6. Publication date
    May 11, 2009
  7. ISBN-10
    141699842X
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1416998426
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"Kirkus Reviews" Starred review A powerful novel -- brief and deceptively easy to read -- that's fashioned with imagination and skill.

"The Horn Book" This is an unusual love story, given depth by Voigt's great skill in characterization and by its parallels to the Greek myth on which it is based.

About the Author

Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for Dicey’s Song, the Newbery Honor Award for A Solitary Blue, and the National Book Award Honor for Homecoming, all part of the beloved Tillerman Cycle. She is also the author of many other celebrated books for middle grade and teen readers, including Izzy, Willy-Nilly, and Jackaroo. She was awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1995 for her work in literature, and the Katahdin Award in 2004. She lives in Maine.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (May 11, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 162 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 141699842X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416998426
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 4
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.19 x 0.4 x 7 inches
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    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for Dicey's Song and the Newbery Honor Award for A Solitary Blue, both part of the beloved Tillerman Cycle. She is also the author of many other celebrated books for middle-grade and teen readers, including Izzy, Willy-Nilly and Jackaroo. She was awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1995 for her work in literature, and the Katahdin Award in 2004. She lives in Maine.

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Rachael Neusch
5.0 out of 5 stars My Comfort Book
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2001
I read this book first when I was 11 years old. I was browsing through the young adult section (feeling I was at the time far above the intermediate readers area) and this title popped out of me. It was unlike any of the other books there, and I decided I needed to have it. Immediately I was drawn into the book, and after reading it the first time I knew I loved it. In the past 5 years, I've read the book several times. Each and everytime I read it, some new insight and new wisdom speaks to me. It wasn't until a few years later that I realized the parallels to the greek myth, and even now more ingenius parallels pop out at me. It is simply the most heartfelt and beautiful story I've ever read, simple, short, but even as I grow older, and pieces of classical literature 1000's of pages long fill my mind, this book continues to last as my very favorite. Of any book I've ever read, it's touched my heart more deeply and fully than anything else. Everyone should read this book.
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Sheila Macdonald
3.0 out of 5 stars OK but not a favorite
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2013
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I would highly recommend almost all of Cynhia Voight's books--but this is my least favorite. It is well written, but leaves fewer echos in the mind than the Tillerman Books (I regularly assign Homecoming, Dicey's Song and Runner to middle school readers and I love Fredle for grade 2 and 3 readers)
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5.0 out of 5 stars How wonderful....
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2000
I first read this book when i was thirteen, now seven years later, i'm still reading...I've used it as a teaching book for greek mythology, i've used it as a performance dialog piece, i've used in working with grief striken teenagers...all i can say it wow...a wonderful story, full of life and wonder, with a deep meaningful stripe down the middle. any person, young or old should read this powerful novel that will tear your heart out and replace it will something wiser and better
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Melissa
2.0 out of 5 stars Strange
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2013
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This was a required book for one of my education lit courses. It's very strange. I understand it's a musician's life and all of that, but it's not Voigt's best. The ending was totally expected and there were no twists to continue engaging the reader. On the plus side, it is a very short read and might be good for a musical-inclined student who "hates reading." Really, though, the ending just wasn't enough for me.
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V. Brader
4.0 out of 5 stars Voigt tries something new
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2004
Fans of Cynthia Voigt will still be engaged by this book, but it's something new. While her Tillerman stories were propelled by wonderful characters who faced real life dilemmas in ways that were true to life and themselves, and the Jackaroo series took those same skills and blended them with 'fantasy' elements, here Voigt's focus is less with the characters than with artistry of style and retelling an ancient myth believably in a modern setting. She certainly succeeds, and the reversal of the Orpheus and Eurydice male/female parts was a nice touch. That said, this book falls a little short of what Voigt can do with story lines she dreams up herself. I recommend A Solitary Blue or Dicey's Song (both in the Tillerman series)--if you liked this, you should like those as well.
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Jamie D.
2.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't finish it.
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2008
I got to page 35 of this book before putting it down. The author's writing is jerky, abrupt, and the characters are unlovable. I have a hard time getting drawn into a story where the title character projectile vomits as part of her stage performance.
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Hannah Mortimer
3.0 out of 5 stars It was a nice enough book!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 25, 2020
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I liked the idea behind this - gender bending Orpheus and Eurydice and moving death to drugs. It sounds good!

However, I felt a little underwhelmed reading it. The writing was decent but nothing grabbed me about the book, it was simply. Alright
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