![]() ![]() Donnelly does a great job of showing the other side of the French Revolution. ![]() But Andi did, and we can all live vicariously through her. No, none of us can really step back in time to live out the life of an obscure historical criminal just to see how the story ends. Revolution is the perfect combination of history and fantasy. Yeah, yeah, I was occasionally a bad teacher. I love this book so much! This was the first book that kept me up until 3:00 in the morning and then I had to give study halls to all my classes so I could finish it. 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. But when Andi finds Alexandrine’s diary, she recognizes something in her words and is moved to the point of obsession. ![]() 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. PARIS: Alexandrine Paradis lived over two centuries ago. Now Andi must accompany him to Paris for winter break. And she’s about to be expelled from Brooklyn Heights’ most prestigious private school when her father intervenes. 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. ![]()
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