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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2013
Mackenzie is a "Keeper"; her job is to return the wakeful dead (or "Histories") to the Archive, a repository of all human memory. Persuading the dead to return to their rightful resting place often involves kick-ass combat, but never so much as when Mac's family moves to an apartment in an old hotel. Suddenly, the Archive experiences a rush of escaped Histories, an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013 | Older Fiction
Mackenzie's job is to return the wakeful dead to the Archive, a repository of all human memory. Persuading the dead to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on February 1, 2013
The Archive is a haunting and richly imagined place—from its quirky and knowledgeable Librarians, to the sad, dead people Mac must return to the shelves, to the way it exists in another dimension connected to our own. Interspersed throughout this action-packed novel are poignant flashbacks to Mac’s grandfather, who taught her to be a Keeper. With perfect pacing and strong writing, Victoria Schwab draws readers deeper and deeper int...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
