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The Académie (2012)

by Susanne Dunlap(Favorite Author)

3.15 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1599905868 (ISBN13: 9781599905860)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Bloomsbury USA Childrens

review 1: This novel was pure trash. The characters were unpredictable and annoying. If a boy looked at them or another girl it must be because he loves them and wants to marry them and all other thoughts are out the window. The sheer amount of times the who likes who changed in this book was insane. By the end I was actually yelling at the book each time the love triangles changed or some new crazy-pants piece of drama came up.
review 2: Interesting premise, based on historical research by the author, who discovered that three girls, relatives of very famous historical figures, all attended a famous private school in Franch during 1799- Napoleon's younger sister Caroline, Hortense, daughter of his wife Josephine, and Eliza, daughter of future U.S. president James Mo... morenroe. However, if you are not very familiar with French history from that turbulent revolutionary period, you might find this story confusing. It is a bit difficult to keep all the facts straight & remember who all the girls are & how they fit into the story. Taking a bit of literary license, the author placed them all at L'Academie Nationale the same year, when in fact they attended at different times. But if you love the intrigues of a girls' boarding school & French history, don't miss this one! less

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