Title: The Red NecklaceAuthor:
Hardcover: 376 pages
Publisher: Speak
Date: May 1, 2008
Language: English
Young Adult
Classification: fiction
Genre: Historical Fiction
ISBN-10: 0803731000
ISBN-13: 978-0803731004
Reader's Annotation: Paris, 1789. Set against the backdrop of the French revolution this murder mystery centers around Sido, a noble girl and Yann, a Gypsy boy with mysterious and magical powers must outplay the villians before it is too late!
Summary: Yann is a Gypsy boy with special magical gifts, Sido is a girl who has a cold father how barely cares for her. Together they meet briefly and form an intense connection that will affect them both. Set against the French Revolution, Sido must face being used by a so-called devil Count and Yann has to face being cast out as a Gypsy. For a country that desperately yearns for liberty, these two face coming of age in a time of political and social turmoil.
Evaluation: The historical fictions weaves drama, issues, and history seamlessly. And at the end lets you know the facts. You should both be able to enjoy a story and know the difference. It will be up issues that were pertinent to a time and can help you learn from them today. This novel does manage to do that. It gives you a story. It illustrates war, violence, causes, French History, and ties it together with a coming of age story that is timeless. I enjoy historical fiction and this was an interesting story of two teens without a concrete place in the world. Gardner also include historical notes at the end.
Bibliotherapuetic Usefulness: Self-Discovery, finding your place in the world, how politics
shapes your individual world, surviving, children of war
Reason this Book Was Chosen: A lot of American ideals of the French Revolution appear in our constitution. It is an interesting book about both a time in history where the people stood up for their beliefs (right or wrong is was totally brutal). as well as a time when children had to come of age during a very scary, war-hungry time.
Reason this Book Was Chosen: A lot of American ideals of the French Revolution appear in our constitution. It is an interesting book about both a time in history where the people stood up for their beliefs (right or wrong is was totally brutal). as well as a time when children had to come of age during a very scary, war-hungry time.
Website: http://www.sallygardner.net/
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