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A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith

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A Darkly Beating Heart

Lindsay Smith

Roaring Brook Press · October 25, 2016

Reading lane: Young Adult Fiction / People & Places / Asia

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Who It's For

  • Good for readers who enjoy Young Adult Fiction / People & Places / Asia
  • Good for fans of Fantasy

Book Details

  • Authors: Lindsay Smith
  • Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
  • Published: October 25, 2016
  • Themes: Teen, Historical, Travel.
  • Reading lane: People & Places and Social Themes.
  • Publisher: Roaring Brook Press.

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  • Young Adult Fiction / People & Places / Asia

    83%
  • Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

    83%
  • Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Mental Illness

    83%

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About This Book

A troubled girl confronts her personal demons in this time-travel thriller alternating between present day and 19th century Japan. No one knows how to handle Reiko. She is full of hatred; all she can think about is how to best hurt herself and those people closest to her. After a failed suicide attempt at her home in Seattle, Reiko's parents send her to spend the summer with family in Japan, hoping she will learn to control her emotions. But while visiting Kuramagi, a histor...

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A troubled girl confronts her personal demons in this time-travel thriller alternating between present day and 19th century Japan. No one knows how to handle Reiko. She is full of hatred; all she can think about is how to best hurt herself and those people closest to her. After a failed suicide attempt at her home in Seattle, Reiko's parents send her to spend the summer with family in Japan, hoping she will learn to control her emotions. But while visiting Kuramagi, a historic village preserved to reflect the nineteenth-century Edo period, Reiko finds herself slipping backward in time into the nineteenth-century life of Miyu, a young woman even more vengeful than Reiko herself. Reiko loves escaping into Miyu's life . . . until she discovers Kuramagi's dark secret and must face down Miyu's demons as well as her own.

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