Revolution

Donnelly, Jennifer. Revolution.  New York: Delacorte Press, 2010.

ISBN: 9780385737630 | Hardcover | 471 p. | $18.99 USD

Annotation: Andi Alpers has ben suffering from depression since the death of her brother so her father brings her to Paris in hopes of helping her.  She finds a diary of Alexandrine, a girl living through the French Revolution and Andi's own life becomes intertwined with Alexandrine's revolutionary struggle.

Awards / Honors:

- ALA's Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults: 2011

- Amelia Bloomer Lists - Young Adult Fiction: 2012

- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction: 2010

- Indies' Choice Book Awards: Young Adult Fiction

- Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award: 2011

- Parents' Choice Awards - Fiction: 2010

- School Library Journal Best Books: 2010

- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2011

Open End Booktalk:  Who cares about some teenage girl who lived 200 years ago? Andi has a dead brother, a crazy mother, an absent father, and she just doesn't care about much of anything anymore, except for her music.  When her father swoops in and drags her off to Paris where she can work on her senior project, she finds an diary of Alexandrine Paradis in an old guitar case.  Andi can't stop reading the diary about Alexandrine's struggles through the French Revolution, and suddenly the line between Alexandrine's world and her own becomes blurred.  Has Andi officially gone crazy? Will she ever find peace after the death of her brother or is her depression going to get the best of her?

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