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The Revenant
By Gensler, Sonia
- ISBN
- 978-0-37586-701-9 978-0-37596-701-6 978-0-37589-732-0
- Publisher
- Knopf
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2011
Gr 7 Up—Revenants are usually portrayed as evil, power-filled, and terrifying. The "returned" presence in this novel seems somehow more human and harkens back to the idea of a spirit unable to rest because of unsettled violent circumstances of death. The story begins in 1896, when not-quite-graduated Willemina Hammond purloins a teaching certificate and escapes her demanding family by heading off to the Cherokee Female Seminary at Tahlequah, OK. Teaching under a false identity, Willie makes both friends and enemies at the school, and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2011
With all the gothic markers carefully in place, Gensler's debut cries out for rainy weekend escapist reading. In 1896, desperate to avoid the drudgery of working on her family farm, seventeen-year-old Willie Hammond steals the identity of an older graduating classmate and takes a job as a teacher at the Cherokee National Female Seminary in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. On her way she meets a handsome stranger, Eli Sevenstar, and sparks fly. When she arrives, she's housed ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
In 1896, seventeen-year-old Willie Hammond steals her classmate's identity and becomes a teacher at the Cherokee National Female Se...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
