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218 pp.
| Candlewick
| September, 2008
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-3396-7$16.99
(4)
YA
Sabine is a teenage aristocrat in pre-revolution Paris. Rebelling against a social-climbing mother and disloyal best friend, Sabine is drawn away from her comfortable life by the servants she admires and the childhood friend she loves. Guest appearances by Jean Honoré Fragonard and Ben Franklin make the story stumble over its own ambitions, but colorful descriptions give passages Parisian flair.