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Lauren Belfer was born in Rochester, New York and grew up in Buffalo, New York, where she attended the Buffalo Seminary. [1] The school would later serve as the basis for the girls' school depicted in her debut novel, City Of Light, about Buffalo, NY during the Pan-American Exposition.
Stephanie Laurens was born on 14 August 1953 in Sri Lanka.When she was 5, her family moved to Melbourne, where she was raised.After continuing through school and earning a PhD in Biochemistry in Australia, Laurens and her husband moved to Great Britain, taking one of the last true overland journeys from Kathmandu to London.
The story is set in the city of Buffalo, New York in 1901, as the Pan-American Exposition's planning and construction is under way. The main character and narrator, Louisa Barrett, is headmistress of the Macaulay School for Girls, inspired by The Buffalo Seminary and is a very influential woman in a time of male predominance.
Khloe Kinsella: Lauren's friend and roommate who is a drama queen. She loves acting and wants her name to be on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has long blond hair and brown eyes. She owns a bay Hanoverian mare called Ever. Riley Edwards: The antagonist at Canterwood during the later books in the series. She and Lauren have never gotten along.
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The books are organised chronologically and cover Palestinian history from 1799 to 2001. Laurens breaks down Palestinian and broader Middle Eastern history into time periods that can span months, weeks or days, analyzing them as brief eras with distinct themes.
Children and Young Adult Literature portal; Girl, Missing is a 2006 English-language young adult thriller novel by Sophie McKenzie.. It won the 2007 Bolton Children's Book Award, the 2008 Manchester Book Award and the 2007 Red House Children's Book Award for Older Readers, [1] [2] [3] as well as being longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. [4]
Their Christian American captors exploit them as forced labor under the pretext of "reforming" them. Lauren and several of the women are also regularly raped by their captors, who regard them as "heathen". In 2035, Lauren and her followers eventually rebel and kill their captors. To avoid retribution, they are forced to disperse into hiding.