Sunday, October 16, 2011

The Revenant


To avoid returning home from college to a situation she despises, Willie steals a teaching certificate and passes herself off as a certified teacher. The year is 1896 and the teaching position is far from home at the Cherokee Female Seminary. Willie finds the students to be nothing like she expected; many of the girls have fine frippery and a wealthy background. This challenges her understanding of the “Indians”. For all of the airs the Cherokee Female Seminary puts on, it is cloaked in mystery. The previous fall, one of the students was found dead in the river. Willie hears this story her first week of teaching and brushes it off. Soon, however, strange and unexplainable events will force her to pay close attention. Filled with fascinating information, Gensler presents us with a historical ghost story that is truly a page turner.

Pair this with Jennifer Donnelly’s novel, A Northern Light.

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