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The Unicorn Tree
This is a fascinating book, for high schoolers as well as adults! Cynthia Collins weaves history with both suspense and mystery, skillfully building a story within a story.
The Unicorn Tree
Cynthia Collins
235 pages
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Mockingbird Lane Press
$16.95
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“She could see in the library from the stairs and realized she was looking directly at Mirabelle’s portrait. It wasn’t her imagination. Mirabelle was watching her.
“She stopped suddenly, her legs unable to continue up the stairs. Her hand tightened around the banister as she tried to steady herself. She wanted to turn away, but Mirabelle’s eyes silently held her gaze with an insistence impossible to ignore.”
This is a fascinating book, for high schoolers as well as adults! Cynthia Collins weaves history with both suspense and mystery, skillfully building a story within a
story. High school senior Lisa, whose brother has gone to sea on a restored
clipper ship, becomes caught up in the intricacies of an old mansion and the lives
of the late inhabitants. She is especially entranced in the journal of the mistress of the old house-turned-museum, Mirabelle Hutchings.
Well-written, with beautiful grammar and punctuation, Ms. Collins’ debut novel is a must-read for any high school student. The story flows nicely, with equally realistic
prose and dialogue.
Ms. Collins will be at All on the Same Page Bookstore on May 19, 1:00-3:00 p.m. to sign copies of her book.