[In] Lillie Lainoff’s One for All, the story of 16-year-old Tania de Batz … suffers from constant dizziness and a murdered father. One of these things has an evident solution, and young Tania whisks herself off to Paris where she discovers that the finishing school her father wished her to attend is actually a secret …
AHHHH!! READ THIS BOOK!! From a swashbuckling sea woman to a harbinger of death (and crows) and a glorified sun priestess — this book has it all! I want to get lost in this book. More importantly, I want Serapio and Xiala to have a happy ending… –Anna Rose, The Well-Read Moose, Coeur d’Alene, ID …
I have to admit that I really liked the Disney version of “The Three Musketeers.” It’s not the book (obviously) and misses a lot of the nuance (duh!) but it had wit and sparkle and was eminently quotable (“You, boy, are arrogant, hot tempered and entirely too bold. I like that. Reminds me of me.”) …
