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Jodi Lundgren

Jodi Lundgren, English department

Biography:

Jodi Lundgren is continually surprised and inspired by the students in her English and Creative Writing classes at Camosun College. The winner of a Canada Council Emerging Writer’s grant, she has published three novels: Touched (Anvil), Leap (Second Story) and Blow (Lorimer). A collection of absurdist prose poetry, Tardy in Teal, is forthcoming. Her short stories and creative non-fiction have appeared in Dropped Threads, Adbusters, Capilano Review, sub-Terrain, and others. You can read more at http://jodilundgren.com/

Published works

Leap by Jodi Lundgren
Call Number: PS 8573 U542 L43 2011
Publication Date: 2011
Natalie Ferguson has just turned fifteen, a momentous age that, happily, means that she's officially a grown-up. But while her mom doesn't seem to have got the memo, Kevin, her best friend Sasha's older brother, has. The school year is over, and Natalie is looking forward to a summer of perfecting her technique at dance camp. Caught up with the excitement of Kevin's attention, their relationship quickly becomes intimate and all-consuming. Natalie's summer is a mix of amazing highs and dramatic lows. She goes from being in love and lust with Kevin to realizing that he is not the guy she thought he was, and she may have lost her friendship with Sasha in the process. Then, just when she's ready to turn to her single mom for advice, she learns that her mother is now in love with a woman. Losing her virginity, dealing with her new understanding of her mother, and trying to renegotiate her relationships, Natalie clings to her dancing as the only sure thing in a life suddenly full of questions.