“When she has a vision, she gets people involved and makes sure you’re staying on track,” says Occupy Salt Lake’s Seth Neily, dressed in a Tweedledum-style pair of orange and red trousers.īut even 30-year-old Sanders’ steely will and organizational skills cannot forestall the wagon, pulled by three activists riding bicycles, from breaking down just two blocks from the house where they were rehearsing. Move To Amend’s national signature campaign, she explains, has two goals: “Pass an amendment to the Constitution that corporations are not people, that money is not speech, and create a democracy movement in the United States.” The street-theater production, where activists play corporate villains, a vain politician and unctuous lobbyists, is Sanders’ brainchild, and despite the chaotic comings and goings of the group, she is very much in charge. She and the dozen activists-cum-performers, members of Move to Amend, are premiering a 15-minute mix of skits and puppetry that night at a block party in the Granary District in Salt Lake City. In a frilly, black flapper outfit, Ashley Sanders smiles tolerantly at the naysayers as they roll by. “That’s hideous,” he shouts with a sneer. Slogans are painted on each one: “Corporations are not people,” reads one, “Money is not speech” the other.Ī passing skateboarder gliding down the street with a friend that early June 2012 evening is unimpressed. 'Harper's signature wit punctuates the action, balancing snappy satire of the Pine Grove community and its beauty pageant with the edgy suspense of the Ephors' everlooming next attack.As several young men push a big-wheeled circus wagon up the driveway of a small house in South Salt Lake, smiles and applause break out among the gathered political activists. 'Everything you could want from the genre and more: heart, smarts, scares, swoons and best of all, LAUGHS.' - Kirkus Reviews

The catch: Harper has to come along for the ride, but she can’t stay David’s Paladin unless she undergoes an an ancient trial that will either kill her. The Ephors have decided they’d rather train David than kill him. Unfortunately, supernatural chores are never done. Now Harper can return her focus to the important things in life: school, canoodling with David, her nemesis-turned-ward-slash-boyfie, and even competing in the Miss Pine Grove pageant. The Ephors have been silent after their deadly attack at Cotillion months ago, and best friend Bee has returned after a mysterious disappearance. Life is almost back to normal for Harper Price. New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins is sassier than ever in this page-turning follow up to R ebel Belle, perfect for fans of Buffy and Veronica Mars.

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