I conducted a survey today to determine relative ownership rates of different astrology-related texts in English and establish a rough idea of the 500 or so most commonly found today, which will tend to have been bestsellers, although it is worth noting that older books may be under-represented in proportion to original sale rates as a result of cumulative outright losses and disposals compared with newer books, while those still on the market may be yet to make many more sales in the years to come. Though readers interested in the instability of cyber-identities would be better served by Petersen's Rob& (BCCB 1/05), Kayleigh's story does offer a productive site for exploring the possibilities and limits of controlling one's own attitude and destiny, particularly when things feel out of control.Survey of the 564 most owned astrology books in English, according to the sample of users at More importantly, there is no source for the predictions inside the narrative, and hence there is too much a sense of authorial control over both the horoscopes and their fulfillment, making the whole enterprise seem manipulated and inauthentic. The author also has to spend a lot of time convincing the reader that a science teacher would approve a hypothesis that could only be tested through subjective and hearsay information.
There's plenty of emotion here as well as a timely topic despite Hrdlitschka's attempts to reveal through the letters what Kayleigh is really feeling, though, the emotions have a canned quality, and it's often hard to remember that this is a person who may be mortally ill. The novel takes the form of email correspondence, wherein Kayleigh affects an overly perky voice to mask the difficulties of her situation, and of letters to her "immortal twin" (she's a Gemini), wherein she reveals her fears about dying and muses about the process of getting to know someone through email. As the project develops, it becomes apparent that one of her subjects is lying about his identity, while another is fabricating evidence.
Her skeptical science teacher allows her to go forward with the project, and she enlists the help of three fellow distant learners to help her gather data.
A firm believer in astrological wisdom, she decides to test her faith by embarking on a science project to prove that horoscopes can really predict the future. Sixteen-year-old Kayleigh Wyse is attending high school online while she undergoes cancer treatment.
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