Viva Revolution!!!

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.

Jennifer Donnelly, author of the award-winning novel A Northern Light, 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.

Jackie says:
"The book world is buzzing about this book, and I can see why. This book is amazing. It's a smart, compelling book with an unlikely but extremely engrossing tale of a grieving teenage girl who stumbles upon an old diary in an antique guitar case in Paris and gets sucked into the intrigue of the author's 18th century dilemma that begins to have strange parallels to her own. Two centuries apart, the girls lives begin to mysteriously mesh in a haunting (literally and figuratively) way. It presents quite a lot of real history of the French Revolution in such an integral way within the story that you don't realize how much you are actually learning (or are reminded of, for those of you with a better background in European history than I do). The same is true for the history of music. I'd say this is historical fiction with a touch of fantasy, and it's definitely a fantastic read--even for grownups."