Revolution - Hardcover

Donnelly, Jennifer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385737637 ISBN 13: 9780385737630

Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 2010

Synopsis

Readers of If I Stay and Elizabeth George will love Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly, author of the award-winning novel A Northern Light. Revolution artfully weaves two girls’ stories into one unforgettable account of life, loss, and enduring love; it spans centuries and vividly depicts the eternal struggles of the human heart.

BROOKLYN: Andi Alpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for not being able to cope, and heartbroken by the loss of her younger brother, Truman. Rage and grief are destroying her. And she’s about to be expelled from Brooklyn Heights’ most prestigious private school when her father intervenes. Now Andi must accompany him to Paris for winter break.

PARIS: Alexandrine Paradis lived over two centuries ago. She dreamed of making her mark on the Paris stage, but a fateful encounter with a doomed prince of France cast her in a tragic role she didn’t want—and couldn’t escape.

Two girls, two centuries apart. One never knowing the other. But when Andi finds Alexandrine’s diary, she recognizes something in her words and is moved to the point of obsession. There’s comfort and distraction for Andi in the journal’s antique pages—until, on a midnight journey through the catacombs of Paris, Alexandrine’s words transcend paper and time, and the past becomes suddenly, terrifyingly present.

Praise for Revolution:

An ABA Indies Choice Young Adult Book of the Year
An ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book
#1 Indiebound pick for fall 2010
A School Library Journal Best Book
A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book
Amazon.com Best Book of the Year

[STAR] "A sumptuous feast of a novel, rich in mood, character, and emotion."--School Library Journal, Starred

[STAR] "Every detail is meticulously inscribed into a multi-layered narrative that is as wise, honest, and moving as it is cunningly worked. Readers . . . will find this brilliantly crafted work utterly absorbing."--The Bulletin, Starred

[STAR] "Brilliantly realized, complete, and complex. The novel is rich with detail, and both the Brooklyn and Paris settings provide important grounding for the haunting and beautifully told story."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred

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Review

`Intelligent, absorbing and original . . . my book of the month - if not the year'
--Fiona Noble, The Bookseller

`I started the book late one night, planning to just read a chapter to give me a taste of it before heading off to bed. Eight chapters later I was still reading, engrossed in the story . . . Donnelly's writing is amazing, with so much detail that I really felt like I was right there in Paris' --A Trillion Books

`I cannot think of the last time that I encountered such skilled storytelling as that which I have found in Revolution. Jennifer Donnelly is gifted in her ability not only to immerse the reader in history but also to write stunning contemporary fiction'
--The Mountains of Instead

`The story shows spoilt Andy growing into maturity and empathy, and the diary of the Terror is gripping. A pacy adventure for older readers, with appropriately salty language'
--The Financial Times

`A spellbinding tale of two cities and two eras . . . it gripped me for two days of fear, admiration and delight' --Reader's Digest

`Rich and ambitious . . . A great example of young adult fiction: beautifully written and thoroughly researched . . . there is an emotional vividness and a delight in story that will speak strongly to teenagers' --Guardian, Saturday Review

`Donnelly covers much ground and some big themes . . . with such a complex intertextual mix it could easily have gone horribly wrong, but Donnelly does it well: this was a book I was sad to finish'
--Guardian, Saturday Review

`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

Book Description

Nominated for the Carnegie Award 2012

Two girls united in a quest to save a young prince, but separated by over two hundred years

Edition details

• Publisher: Delacorte Pr
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0385737637
• ISBN 13: 9780385737630
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 471