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Bolden, Tonya

Inventing Victoria

264 pp. | Bloomsbury | January, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-68119-807-1 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-68119-808-8
(2) YA Fourteen-year-old Essie longs to escape her miserable life in post-Reconstruction Savannah, Georgia, where her mother earns her living as a prostitute. After Essie leaves home, wealthy Dorcas Vashon transforms her into a socialite in Washington, DC, with an invented background. Essie, now Victoria, has an epiphany that helps her understand the tragic complexities of her mother's life. Bolden captures the period with meticulous detail in this engrossing coming-of-age story.
Reviewer: Pauletta Brown Bracy | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2019

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