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I'm pleased to welcome Josephine Angelini to Flipping Pages for All Ages. I recently read her debut, Starcrossed(will be released by HarperTeen on May 31st), and fell in love with it. She was kind enough to answer some questions for us! If you missed my review of Starcrossed, you can check it out here . Please welcome Josephine!! :) ~~~~~~ Flipping Pages for All Ages: Starcrossed is based on Greek mythology, who is your favorite Greek God and why? Josephine Angelini: I’ve always had a soft spot for Dionysus. He was the only Olympian that was born human, and he won his god-hood through a series of horrific events. He’s like Batman—he wasn’t born on Krypton or bitten by a radioactive spider, he just put in that extra effort, making wine and whatnot, to become “super”. Plus he loved plays and parties. Guy sounds like a blast. FPfAA: The Delos family is made up of some pretty good looking guys, do you have a favorite? (I personally adore Hector!) JA: My favorite is Lucas, of...

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini Publication Date: May 31st, 2011 Published By: HarperTeen Hardcover, 496 Pages Source: E-book from Netgalley courtesy of HarperTeen Summary: "How do you defy destiny? Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is—no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it's getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking parched, only to find her sheets damaged by dirt and dust. At school she's haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood . . . and when Helen first crosses paths with Lucas Delos, she has no way of knowing they're destined to play the leading roles in a tragedy the Fates insist on repeating throughout history. As Helen unlocks the secrets of her ancestry, she realizes that some myths are more than just legend. But even demigod powers might not be enough to defy the forces that are both drawing her and Lucas together—and ...