Saturday, February 22, 2014

Alender, Katie. Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer.

Alender, Katie.  Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer.  Scholastic Press/Point     2013  292p  $18.99  ISBN 978-0-545-46809-1  ms/hs  Supernatural  VG-BN   

Colette Iselin goes on a class trip to Paris.  While there she discovers her family is tied to the betrayal of Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution. She enjoys the sights of Paris and a little romance with the tour guide, and she researches her family connections while evading the ghost of the dead queen.

Hannah and Pilar are part of the popular crowd that Colette is desperately courting while shunning Audrey.  The importance of friendship and honesty becomes important to all of the girls during the trip.

Paris is the
city of love. Personal connections get slightly crossed when Armand decides to set his sights on Colette, while Hannah has staked her claim and purports to love him.  Then Colette decides that she favors Jules, their tour leader. The tension is palpable in the bedroom the three girls share.
    
Paris is well known for its history.  However, it seems that one former resident, Marie Antoinette, was not happy with the aristocrats who deserted her during the French Revolution.  When the city opens up her grave to secure her bones, her ghost decides to get even.  Thus begins a series of beheadings of dependents whose families were members of the Order of the Key.           

Summary: Colette Iselin goes on a class trip to Paris.  While there she discovers her family is tied to the betrayal of Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution. She enjoys the sights of Paris and a little romance with the tour guide while she researches her family connections and tries to evade the ghost of the dead queen.

French Revolution-Fiction, Romance-Fiction, Supernatural fiction
--Linda McNeil

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