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OLDER FICTION
Smy, Pam

Thornhill

544 pp. | Roaring Brook | August, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62672-654-3 $19.99
(2) YA Diary entries relate twelve-year-old electively mute orphan Mary's heart-wrenching experience of bullying at Thornhill Institute in 1982. Alternating and gradually intertwining with Mary's narrative is Ella's story in 2017, told entirely in atmospheric black-and-white illustrations. Her investigation into Thornhill's past gradually reveals Mary's fate. The suspenseful ghost story and highly visual format make for an undeniable page-turner; text and illustrations reward careful attention with telling details.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2017

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