Gemma Doyle:1. A Great and Terrible Beauty
2. Rebel Angels
3. The Sweet Far Thing
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Stregth Rating: 2
Recommend: 3
A Great and Terrible Beauty
Gemma has been raised in India. She doesn't even remember England. But when her mother dies she is sent back to England to live with her grandmother - who sends her immediately to finishing school.
At first Gemma does not fit in at Spence. Her only friend is Ann, her roommate, who is there on scholarship. But once Gemma's visions start to give her a power that her classmates find interesting, she finds she has three friends: Felicity, the most popular girl at the school; and Pippa, who is her shadow.
The four form a secret club and start venturing into another realm. But they are not the only beings capable of traveling between realms...
It is up to Gemma to reopen the door between realms - one that has been closed for twenty years - but not until she is strong enough to stop the evil forces at work.
1 comment:
Robin McKinley's The Hero and the Crown & The Blue Sword won the Newbery award and honor respectively and focused on rebellious brave young women in the land of Damar.
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