Thalassa Papakonstantis -YA Dystopian - Bliss, by Lauren Myracle


Bliss, written by Lauren Myracle Follows Bliss, a young middle school aged girl who's wandering hippy parents drop her off at to her cold and conservative grandmothers house, for good. Just in time to start school high-school in a prestigious Southern private school, far away from the commune she was raised in, and experiencing 'normal' school for the first time. While Bliss becomes acquainted with the unwritten rules, battles, and survival skills needed to make it through each day, both in her new school and new home, she is also confronted with the dark forces that live in and around her. This book takes us through the political, social, and emotional roller coaster that is the late 1960's America, and the American teen learning to unite the conflicting forces within her.