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280 pp.
| McElderry |
March, 2005 |
TradeISBN 0-689-86478-7$16.95
(3)
4-6
Twelve-year-old James finds a way into the year 1600 from the London flat where his family is spending a summer; once there, thanks to his remarkable singing voice and exotic skin (he's biracial), he is made a Queen's chorister. James returns to the present with a greater sense of self. While too mechanical to be fully satisfying, Curry's novel has its moments.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker
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March, 2005