The Midnight Charter - David Whitley
Submitted by lluncheon on Tue, 2012-12-04 15:50
In the city-state of Agora everything can be bought and sold, and Mark and Lily must barter their labor for their lives. Mark is destined to work for the doctor who cured him of the plague, and Lily is to remain in Count Stelli’s tower as the astrologer’s servant. Although they decide to trade places, Mark and Lily’s lives remain strangely intertwined, and it is Lily who discovers the significance of The Midnight Charter (Roaring Brook, $16.99). David Whitley’s first novel is the compelling story of a society where materialism reigns and the two young people who grow to test its values. Ages 12 -16. HWP