by JenniferDonnelly (Author)
Andi lives in New York and is dealing with the emotional turmoil of her younger brother's accidental death. Alex lives in Paris and is a companion to the dauphin, the young son of Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI, during the violent days of the French Revolution. When Andi is sent to Paris to get her out of the trouble she's so easily enveloped by in New York, their two stories collide, and Andi finds a way to reconcile herself not only to her past but also to her future. This is a heart-wrenchingly beautiful, evocative portrait of lives torn apart by grief and mended by love.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 13 Oct 2010
ISBN 10: 1408801523
ISBN 13: 9781408801529
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: 'A gripping if gritty read for teenagers ... powerful, beautifully written and all absorbing, and on the way the reader learns a great deal about the Revolution' Spectator 'Meaty and brave, witty and clever' Literary Review 'A sophisticated, crossover novel ... This is a haunting, dark, complex mystery, leavened by flashes of humour, about the redemptive power of love and (in the other sense of revolution ) the ways in which things come round. This historical novel demonstrates that, however technology changes, good story-telling endures' Sunday Times