When the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer. Evie worries he'll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far. The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult.
It's 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls, and rakish pickpockets. With a varied and well-drawn cast of characters that range from a Pennsylvania Dutch intellectual to a rakish Russian pickpocket to a handsome Harlem healer, this is a book that requires time to finish (it's more than 600 pages), but it's such a satisfying stand-alone read.A young woman discovers her mysterious powers could help catch a killer in the first book of The Diviners series-a stunning supernatural historical mystery set in 1920s New York City, from Printz Award-winning andĮvangeline O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and sent off to the bustling streets of New York City-and she is ecstatic. It dares teens to find out if there was such a thing as the Pillar of Fire church commune, the Cotton Club, and Ziegfeld girls (yes, yes, and yes). There's a ton of slang ("swell" and "say" and "pal-ski," to name just a few) and decade-specific references that may go over many teens' heads, but that's part of the joy of the story. Bray is a sophisticated writer, and her writing demands the reader to pay attention and sometimes cower in fear along with her characters (the multiple points of view include those of the serial killer's victims). This is not a book for the faint of heart or for those seeking the easy girl-meets-boy romance. Evie is loud and chatty, and what she wants, far more than romance (which she's not even bothered with), is adventure, glamour, and kinship. She also has a penchant for creating protagonists, in this case Evie, who are far from the cookie-cutter stereotype of teen girls looking for love or a misfit wallflower with no voice.
Her books, while completely different from one another, each feature her gift for details that are obviously the result of painstaking research. She can tackle anything that strikes her fancy, from a send-up of Don Quixote ( Going Bovine) to a girl-centered twist on Lord of the Flies ( Beauty Queens).
Libba Bray is one of the most refreshingly unpredictable novelists writing for young adults.
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