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Title	:	Vaclav and Lena
Author	:	Haley Tanner
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 292 pages
Published	:	May 17th 2011 by The Dial Press (first published 2011)
Categories	:	Fiction. Young Adult. Romance. Contemporary

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In Vaclav & Lena Haley Tanner has created two unforgettable young protagonists who evoke the joy, the confusion, and the passion of having a profound, everlasting connection with someone else.

Vaclav and Lena seem destined for each other. They meet as children in an ESL class in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Vaclav is precocious and verbal. Lena, struggling with English, takes comfort in the safety of his adoration, his noisy, loving home, and the care of Rasia, his big-hearted mother. Vaclav imagines their story unfolding like a fairy tale or the perfect illusion from his treasured Magician's Almanac, but among the many truths to be discovered in Haley Tanner's wondrous debut is that happily-ever-after is never a foregone conclusion.

One day, Lena does not show up for school. She has disappeared from Vaclav's and his family's lives as if by a cruel magic trick. For the next seven years, Vaclav says goodnight to Lena without fail, wondering if she is doing the same somewhere. On the eve of Lena's seventeenth birthday he finds out.

Haley Tanner has the originality and verve of a born storyteller and the boldness to imagine a world in which love can overcome the most difficult circumstances. In Vaclav & Lena she has created two unforgettable young protagonists who evoke the joy, the confusion, and the passion of having a profound, everlasting connection with someone else.

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Original Title:	Vaclav & Lena
ISBN:	1400069319 (ISBN13: 9781400069316)
Edition Language:	English

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To be honest I was expecting to give this a two most of the way through, but in the end I decided it was a decent story despite some distracting flaws. I was appreciative of the fact that the central "mystery" was solved in the end as opposed to being left unsolved, and that the discovery of the explanation was natural and believable.Vaclav and Lena are two children of Russian immigrants, aged nine or ten when the story opens. Vaclav comes from an intact if not entirely happy home with a

I originally heard about this book on NPR, when it was recommended by the librarian Nancy Pearl. The theme was "books with a really interesting character". I really wanted to like the book, especially after I realized I had read a very poignant article and watched a video on The New York Times site about the author and her dying husband. The story follows 2 Russian immigrant children in New York City who meet when they are five and become fast friends. The girl, Lena, mysteriously ( to Vaclav

A tale of young love that demonstrates more abuse and control than love. Vaclav and Lena are friends, both in the same grade and both spend a lot of time together. Lena is shy because of her lack of English around other children and quietmost of the time. Vaclav lives for magic and his idol is David Copperfield. Lenas idol is the girl in the fringed gold bikini who is Fredinis assistant. Through their younger years, Vaclav and Lena are inseparable, at least until Marina and Christina begin

I really liked this novel, although I wasn't sure I would in the end. In fact, about halfway through, I stopped reading it for awhile because I was so afraid one of the lead characters would, or even "must", end up dying before it ended. When I picked it up again, I read right through to the end, just as I had the first half.It really is a compelling story of two "outsider" children who discover each other and cling to each other. One of them, Vaclav, has two parents who love him, if awkward in

Read This Review & More Like It On Ageless Pages Reviews!This was a magical experience for me - one that was completely charming but not without depth or darker themes. It's a light and breezy read with an innocent tone for the most part - a (sadly) short-ish book that can easily be completed in a day but be warned; this novel about young love made my bitter old heart grow three sizes when I finished it. Vaclav & Lena is, at the heart of everything, a novel really all about love. Love

Has there ever been a less compelling read??I would not have read this but alas, book club pick, and so I was forced to dive into the extremely unmagical (despite efforts to the contrary) world of two unappealing Russian children, the titular Vaclav and Lena, the former a would be Houdini and the latter a rather introverted victim of abuse. I tend to despise sweeping tales of epic love, such as the type where they meet at age like six or whatever and are separated for lots of formative and

3.5 Stars rounded up to 4 simply because the narrator was that good...I listened to this on audio and from the very first disc, I was hooked. The narrator did a phenomal job of translating a young kinship between Russian Americans. Vaclav and Lena become fast friends as they meet in Brighton Beach, a Russian community within Brooklyn. They are in ESL classes together learning English, and quickly form a connection while still understanding the world around them. Vaclav aspires to be the next