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231 pp.
| Hyperion |
June, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-7868-1916-2$$15.99
(2)
YA
In 1914, a forward-thinking chaplain at Sherborn Prison for Women starts a prison choir and discovers sixteen-year-old Libby's natural talent as a soprano. When the choir tackles a fully staged production of The Pirates of Penzance, each inmate blossoms in a predictable yet satisfying way. Readers will relish the Dickensian-style adversity and bleak setting juxtaposed with the more hopeful "show must go on" plot.
Reviewer: Lolly Robinson
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2003