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Revolution

By: Jennifer Donnelly
Narrated by: Emily Janice Card, Emma Bering
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 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.



Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to
reprint previously published material:

Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.: Lyrics from “I Wanna Be Sedated,” words and
music by Jeffrey Hyman, John Cummings, and Douglas Colvin, copyright
© 1978 by WB Music Corp. and Taco Tunes, Inc. All rights administered
by WB Music Corp. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission
of Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
Hal Leonard Corporation: Lyrics from “Asleep,” words and music by
Johnny Marr and Steven Morrissey, copyright © 1986 by Marr Songs Ltd.
and Bona Relations Ltd. All rights for Marr Songs Ltd. in the U.S. and
Canada controlled and administered by Universal-Polygram In ternational
Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved; Lyrics from “Tupelo (Tupelo Blues),”
words and music by John Lee Hooker, copyright © 1991 by Orpheum
Music. International copyright secured. All rights reserved; Lyrics from
“Viva La Vida,” words and music by Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will
Champion and Chris Martin, copyright © 2008 by Universal Music Publishing
MGB Ltd. All rights in the United States and Canada administered
by Universal Music-MGB Songs. International copyright secured. All
rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
Moebetoblame Music: Lyrics from “My Friends,” by Flea, Anthony Kiedis,
David Michael Navarro, and Chad Gaylord Smith, copyright © 1995 by
Moebetoblame Music. Reprinted by permission of Moebetoblame Music. Death & Dying Difficult Situations Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Fiction Heartfelt Tear-jerking Royalty French Revolution

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This is a fascinating story it pulls at your emotions making you feel so strongly for both girls. It gave me a different view of the Revolution and made me want to go back to Paris with a need to be able to absorb the horror and mourn the people that died there.

A story that makes you feel!

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I wasn't sure when I started it but it turned out to be fantastic and I couldn't put it down.

Loved this book

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Grief, music and the French Revolution. I was moved to tears once again by this story I felt the pain, the love the history and am so thankful for the chance.

Beautiful

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as always with Jennifer donnelly work, the characters are good and the descriptions really draw you in. I enjoyed a lot of the historic parts ,but the odd time travel part almost made me give up in the last few chapters. narration was good and I appreciated 2 narrators for the two main females. it certainly helped with the flow.

it was OK. not my favourite

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I was intrigued as I had previously read a Donnelly book before and I am interested in the French Revolution so I thought I'd give it a go. After initially thinking I'd made a mistake and wondered into a morbid teenage trash book I found that in no time at all I was completely sucked into the story.

I soon became obsessed much like the central character Andi with listening to find out more. I drove through and from work listening to it, I stayed up until 1 in the morning listening to it - it gripped me that much.

Unlike other books in the genre I truly like and empathise with the characters and it is so beautifully written that you feel like you are actually there with them. The book is about obsession and addiction and Donnelly manages to pull off something truly amazing by getting this across by drawing in the readers in the same way as Andi and Alex.

Addictive - better than regular teen lit

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