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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2014 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 9 Up—What if you could tell a person's true nature just by his appearance? Emotional vampires would be represented with fangs and a ghastly pallor; feeble, miserable individuals would flicker in and out of existence. Winters's latest historical novel, set in Portland, Oregon, in the year 1900, explores this question and others. The daughter of a cruel dentist, Olivia Mead is called onto stage at a show to be hypnotized by the young yet famous ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2014
The issue of women's suffrage divides 1900 Portland, Oregon, and seventeen-year-old Olivia Mead's own home is no different. Strong-willed Livie supports suffrage; her overbearing single father adamantly does not. After Livie attends a pro-suffrage demonstration, Dr. Mead hires handsome visiting hypnotist Henri Reverie to "teach her to accept the world the way it truly is…make her clearly understand the roles of men and women" -- and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
In Portland, Oregon, 1900, strong-willed seventeen-year-old Olivia Mead supports suffrage; her overbearing single father does not. Dr. Mead hires han...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
