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328 pp.
| Farrar |
October, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-374-31544-2$$19.00
(4)
YA
Meshak is an awkward, simple-minded boy of fourteen; Alexander is a musical genius whose father forbids music; Melissa is the beautiful daughter of a governess. Their lives connect as they encounter a world of murder, slavery, child abuse, despair, and redemption. Gavin creates a large cast of somewhat stereotypical characters to tell this intriguing, if melodramatic, tale.