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Eugenics
3 Reviews
(2)
YA
While researching their origins, Evie and her fellow Diviners (The Diviners; Lair of Dreams) turn up connections between their families and entrepreneur/eugenics proponent Jake Marlowe. Before confronting Marlowe, however, they must stop an army of ravenous ghosts. The supernatural scares are spine-chillingly effective, but it's the depiction of real-life horrors (WWI, the rise of hate groups, systemic mistreatment of the mentally ill) that will haunt readers.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2018
(4)
YA
In 1922, abandoned by her family after contracting polio, Rowan is cast in the Unfit Family show, a carnival sideshow promoting eugenics. After escaping, she and an unlikely ally find themselves uncovering a plot to use "unfit" children as medical guinea pigs. While the plot is uneven, the story's themes and subjects are worth examination; an appended historical note adds value.
Reviewer: Sarah Hannah Gomez
(4)
YA
Molly's Vermont village is changing. A dam turns the river that once provided jobs into a lake. Two mysterious nurses arrive, and rumors about sterilization of French Canadians and Abenaki add to the tension. Descriptions of 1930s rural life dominate the early parts of the book, which become increasingly melodramatic as death and murder cast a shadow over Molly's family.
Reviewer: Laura A. Woollett
3 reviews
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