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Praise for The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone
A Capitol Choices Selection
An Autumn 2014 Kids' Indie Next List Selection
A Junior Library Guild Selection
A School Library Journal Top Fiction Pick
A Romantic Times Top Pick and Finalist for Book of the Year
A Booklist Top Ten Arts Book for Youth
A Chicago Public Library Best-of-the-Best YA Book of the Year
An Amazon Best YA Book of the Year
A YALSA 2015 Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection"[An] intricate, intoxicating novel . . . This compelling story can be read on many levels, from a multi-voiced meditation on a brief, bright life in the Big Apple to an exploration of the biographer's almost impossible task: the discovery and distillation of another's complex self." -The Washington Post "Written like a longform piece of journalism . . . A gripping read with a seriously ominous ending . . . One of the most unique books I've ever read." -The Guardian "An acute examination of a young woman's troubled mind as much as it's a mystery . . . that she remains an enigma, even at the fascinating novel's end, somehow makes Addison's death all the more harrowing." -The Boston Globe "A layered homage to the tortured painter, but also an exercise in structure and discipline, complete with pictures, paintings, media clips and more." - Parade.com"Addictive . . . Despite all of the photos and paintings and interviews, Stone remains an enigma . . . As characters debate the true nature of Addison Stone, they reveal just how little they know each other and themselves, and how much they project their own beliefs, fears, and hopes onto the world."-The Daily Beast"Photographs, interviews and articles tell the story of a girl caught up in the glamorous society art scene of Manhattan, spinning out of control . . . Brilliant and unforgettable." -Justine Magazine "Here's the thing I love about Addison Stone: she could so easily have become a manic pixie dream girl, but she didn't . . . The Addison that emerges from [the interviews in the book] had both sides of creative genius-the gifts and all it took to feed them." - Melissa Albert for BN.com"Resembles an in-depth article one might read in The New Yorker . . . A compelling fictional biography."-Shelf Awareness, Starred Review"Like Gone Girl with another twist . . . A hot one."-WBAL-TV"This book has the best of both genres: a gripping mystery and a fascinating biography." -Chico Enterprise Record "A compelling look at the dark underbelly of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl fantasy, an exploration of the way a magnetic personality can imbalance relationships, a portrait of an artist whose talent comes from the part of her that endangers her . . . There's no shortage of romance in the portrayal of Addison, the brilliant beauty who captured all eyes and whose ghost still powers imaginations, but perceptive readers will see beyond the glamour to the simmering dysfunction." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Griffin's mixed media approach is fresh and welcome; art and photographs dot the pages of a compelling biography." -Romantic Times "Griffin presents readers with overlapping perspectives on Addison's frenetic life of gallery openings, parties and performance art, and the doubt and self-destructive tendencies lurking beneath her fierce creativity . . . Multifaceted and thoroughly postmodern."-BookPage"A fast-paced, engaging read. Tormented by mental illness or possibly the supernatural, Addison is an unpredictable and compelling central figure." -VOYA "A thorough, multi-faceted picture of this one-of-a-kind girl, who was simultaneously sensitive and wild, selfish and loving, eclectic and vulnerable. I'd recommend it, wholly."-TeenReads"An intimate and cohesive portrait of a complex girl . . . The whirlwind pace will have readers in its grip." -Horn Book Magazine"Captivating, original, brilliant, and so dangerously exhilarating that you'll find yourself addicted to the entire immersive ex
