Book Review and Giveaway: Duckegg & Persons of Interest by NovaMelia

on August 25, 2010

**THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED ****

Synopsis: A Small Town Goes Mad

A large pharmaceutical company begins operations in a small outlying community in New England. Interdependence, intrinsic distrust, confused rumors and local ethics all become part of the mix. A local school teacher leads a group of concerned citizens who are suspicious about the research being conducted by the company. Honesty and morality and a menagerie of animals become part of the debate.

There are the weak and the strong and sometimes there is bullying in the Company and among townspeople. In all of this Duckegg moves between his sense of not belonging to his often dysfunctional family and the pride of being a hero. He is honest with himself but sometimes blatantly dishonest with others. He suffers the sorrow of loss and the shame of unintentional harm done by him.

The balancing act between the Company and the Town's people, the personal conflicts and the clashing of personalities, the bullies and the bullied, the clever and the not so smart; the conniving and the innocent, ultimately culminates in a town gone mad, at least for a day.

Author Bio: NovaMelia was born in England and came to America (on a Greek boat named Neptunia) when she was 17 years old. She landed in Hoboken, New Jersey, and spent a brief time on Ellis Island before finally entering the USA. Later she attended the University of Pittsburgh where she studied Creative Writing and Psychology. While living in Pennsylvania she became a licensed private pilot.

After graduating from Pitt, she moved with her husband, George, to Massachusetts where she worked as a substitute teacher and began to pursue her hobbies of writing and painting in oils. She now is a self taught artist working primarily on portraits.Along with her husband, NovaMelia is now settled in Tucson, Arizona and still spends her time writing and painting.

Review: This was an interesting story. I don't normally like books with teen leads, but this one was not bad! I think teens would enjoy it more than I did though! Anyone who has lived in a small town knows how something can be taken and misunderstood and spread like a wildfire and then consequences from misinformation must be dealt with. Duckegg is the perfect example of this. The mystery is handled very well for this being NoveMelia's second book! This is a great back-to-school read!

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