Lydia Fitzpatrick
Central Library 201 W. Mifflin St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Discussing "Lights All Night Long."
press release: Fifteen-year-old Ilya arrives in Louisiana from his native Russia for what should be the adventure of his life: a year in America as an exchange student. The abundance of his new world--the Super Walmarts and heated pools and enormous televisions--is as hard to fathom as the relentless cheerfulness of his host parents. And Sadie, their beautiful and enigmatic daughter, has miraculously taken an interest in him.