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A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com Young adult novel, historical fiction, 1906 16-year-old girl as main character Rating: A genius plot and can’t-put-it-down voice. Short, short summary: If you have ever read An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, then you are familiar with a huge sub-plot in this book. Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey works at a [...]

September 28, 2008 in Donnelly, Jennifer, Young Adult Novels
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