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343 pp.
| Houghton |
October, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-395-89598-7$$16.00
(4)
YA
Set in Victorian England, the improbable story describes the adventures of sixteen-year-old Charlotte, who escapes an arranged marriage when she travels to Switzerland with her brother, Ben, and his Oxford friends for a mountain-climbing expedition. Romance novel fans will enjoy the melodramatic plot, which features love triangles, an adulterous affair, tragic deaths, and a teen pregnancy.