Andi's

To forestall her expulsion from high school, Andi's father makes her spend the winter break with him in Paris, where she is meant to write her senior thesis while he conducts DNA tests to determine whether a tiny desiccated heart belonged to the youngest son of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI.

Tales for Teens (and Others) Meghan Cox Gurdon 2010

Before the book is done, though, we'll have taken a long strange trip of our own in Andi's company: back and forth between present-tense Andi and past-tense Alexandrine, between contemporary Paris and the filthy, terrorized streets of Robespierre's day, and deep into the clammy, bone-filled catacombs that underlie the city and where, in this imperfect but memorable novel, past and present connect in a frightening, disorienting fashion.

Tales for Teens (and Others) Meghan Cox Gurdon 2010

In Paris, Andi happens to find an old guitar case in a heap of Revolutionary-era relics and discovers that it contains not only a portrait of the dauphin (who, searingly, resembles Andi's dead brother) but also the diary of a girl her own age, Alexandrine, who had been the boy's paid companion two centuries earlier.

Tales for Teens (and Others) Meghan Cox Gurdon 2010

With her affluent family in ruins — her artist mother has gone mad and her scientist father has taken up with a 25-year-old — Andi's only relief comes from popping sedatives, contemplating suicide and playing guitar until her fingers are raw.

Tales for Teens (and Others) Meghan Cox Gurdon 2010

It is a measure of Andi's melancholy (and, alas, of her shallowness) that, upon discovering this priceless historical artifact.

Tales for Teens (and Others) Meghan Cox Gurdon 2010

I put this on my wishlist after reading Andi's review a while back.

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang 2008

•Andi's ex-boyfriend Greg is back on Reaper (CW, 9 ET/PT), and to Sam's great surprise, she decides to dump him for the ex.

Critic's Corner Tuesday 2008

Andi's second night of Vicksing was as counterproductive as her first.

Sharon Glassman: Why Can't Women Sleep? Part III: Non-Pharma Sleep Tips 2009

From Andi's post on this topic last week, it's very clear that we have strong feelings about it.

February 2009 - SpouseBUZZ 2009

Being angry or playing a victim see Andi's awesome post from today doesn't protect other families from this kind of trauma.

The Wrong Door - SpouseBUZZ 2009