Revolution

by Donnelly, Jennifer
ISBN: 9780385737647
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Readers of If I Stay and Elizabeth George will love Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly, author of Stepsister, These Shallow Graves, and the award-winning novel A Northern Light.

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 her father has determined that accompanying him to Paris for winter break is the solution for everything.
But Paris is a city of ghosts for Andi. And when she finds a centuries-old diary, the ghosts begin to walk off the page. Alexandrine, the owner of the journal, lived during the French Revolution. She's angry too. It's the same fire that consumes Andi, and Andi finds comfort in it--until, on a midnight journey through the catacombs, words transcend paper and time, and the past becomes terrifyingly present.
Revolution artfully weaves two girls' stories into one unforgettable account of life, loss, and enduring love. Revolution spans centuries and vividly depicts the eternal struggles of the human heart.

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

★ "A sumptuous feast of a novel, rich in mood, character, and emotion."--SLJ, Starred Review

★ "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 Review

★ "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 Review

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Donnelly, Jennifer
  • ISBN: 9780385737647
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.19 x 1.12
  • Number Of Pages: 512
  • Publication Year: 2011

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  • Amazing Read

    Ilyssa G. - 5 years 10 months ago

    Wow, where do I even begin? To say this piece is a masterpiece isn’t quite the right way to describe the experience one feels while engaged with this work of art. Revolution is a novel about a girl named Andi who is working through the traumas and repressed anger of the fatal loss of her brother. It’s about a girl who finds a connection in a girl named Alexander who died hundreds of years ago during the French Revolution. It’s about history and the stories we tell ourselves repeatedly over and over again. This novel for me was so intricately crafted that I forgive its flaws because I believe that’s what makes it so rich of a tapestry. The only comparison I can make is Jitterbug Perfume and I don’t even think that’s a fair comparison because there’s something ephemeral and utterly indescribable and beautiful about this novel. Unlike other readers, Andi didn’t annoy me in the beginning, not in the least. Alexandre was written so cleverly and the connections written across time viz. a viz. Maxilimian, Donald Trump, the working class against the rich, and the work of “the decent person” are written so smartly. The imagery of the French people dancing and jerking their necks, The catacombs and the indescribable haunting culture is captured so perfectly. The meeting of Andi and the composer of her thesis. Minor chords and capturing sadness in a note. The iPod moments, laughable, surely, but I’ll let them go because they were a nice indulgence. There’s something both beautiful, disturbing, and indescribable about the experience of reading this novel. Kudos, Jennifer Donnelly. You did this. #SummerReading Review