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Revolution

An angry, grieving seventeen-year-old musician facing expulsion from her prestigious Brooklyn private school travels to Paris to complete a school assignment and uncovers a diary written during the French revolution by a young actress attempting to help a tortured, imprisoned little boy--Louis Charl...

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Main Author: Donnelly, Jennifer.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Delacorte Press, 2010.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Louis > XVII, > of France, > 1785-1795 > Young adult fiction.
Grief > Young adult fiction.
Emotional problems of teenagers > Young adult fiction.
Dysfunctional families > Young adult fiction.
Musicians > Young adult fiction.
Diaries > Young adult fiction.
Paris (France) > Young adult fiction.
France > Young adult fiction.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Young adult fiction.
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Summary: An angry, grieving seventeen-year-old musician facing expulsion from her prestigious Brooklyn private school travels to Paris to complete a school assignment and uncovers a diary written during the French revolution by a young actress attempting to help a tortured, imprisoned little boy--Louis Charles, the lost king of France.
Physical Description: 471, [9] p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780385737630 (hc)
0385737637 (hc)
9780385906784 (glb)
0385906781 (glb)
Author Notes: Jennifer Donnelly was born in Port Chester, New York in 1963. She majored in English literature and European history at the University of Rochester. Her books for adults include The Tea Rose, The Winter Rose, and The Wild Rose. She is also the author of a picture book for children entitled Humble Pie and several young adult novels including Revolution and These Shallow Graves. A Northern Light was awarded Britain's Carnegie Medal, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction, and a Michael L. Printz Honor.

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