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Jan 1, 2001 · Sebestyen layers Jackie's emotions the way a fine chef layers a complexity of spices into a dish. You taste the fear and confusion first; it is palpable and realistic. Then comes a blast of fury that is so pure as to be physically biting.
Ouida Sebestyen, nee Dockery, was born February 13, 1924, in Vernon, TX. She married Adam Sebestyen in 1960 and had one son. She attended the U. of Colorado. She began writing at age eighteen, but did not publish her first book, Words by Heart until 1979.
Jan 1, 2001 · Ouida Sebestyen, whose brief biography shows her to have been a frustrated author who found success when she turned her pen to youth and from the “wrong-sized” people, sure can write. Take for example Lena’s discovery of ragtime music: Her body surged to its glad beat. It had so many things in it.
Ouida Sebestyen. Bantam Books, 1989 - Juvenile Fiction - 182 pages. "To Anybody Out There. My name is Jackie McGee. I am the girl who disappeared. Listen to the news. See if other...
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Oct 1, 1989 · The Girl in the Box. Paperback – October 1, 1989. by Ouida Sebestyen (Author) 4.3 66 ratings. See all formats and editions. To Anybody Out There. My name is Jackie McGee. I am the girl who disappeared. Listen to the news.
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Ouida Sebestyen was raised in Texas and attended University of Colorado. She has published several young adult novels including The Girl in the Box, Far From Home, Out of Nowhere, and Words by Heart.
