Laurie Faria Stolarz
Bleed
Disney Hyperion (US: 22nd April 2008)
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Nicole tries to snare her longtime crush, who’s also the boyfriend of one of her best friends. Maria’s desperate to connect with others on a very intimate level, but her psyche needs help the most. Kelly starts a relationship over a handful of years, but now it’s too real. Sadie’s mother may insist that she’s trying to help the eleven-year-old, but she’s pushed her daughter too far. Robby loves too much, bringing about another downfall. Ginger wants revenge, but that doesn’t guarantee inner peace. Joy wants to make her own happy ending, even at the expense of someone else’s.
These depressing related vignettes or short stories, as well as three others, explore friendship, family, identity and sex via very effed-up people in Salem and California. Each messed in their own way, Kelly Pickerel disturbs me most because of the particular relationship she initiates and continues. She comes to her senses at last, but her story is still a scary journey. Sadie Dubinski’s is the most affecting, though there’s blood in every tale.
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