The Revolution of Sabine
Beth Levine Ain
$16.99, Hardcover
Candlewick, 2008
978-0763633967
January 1st, 2012
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Age: 12+
Description:
Sabine Durand, 16-year-old daughter of French aristocrats, is expected to live
up to her role in proper society—appearing at the correct social engagements
and behaving like a lady so she’ll secure a wealthy husband. Sabine is fine
with all this until she rekindles a childhood friendship with her governess’s
son, Michel. After seeing her reading Voltaire’s Candide, Michel whisks her away to her first salon experience were
she meets the famous Benjamin Franklin. Soon Sabine realizes that she was never
happy with the role society wanted her to play and she decides to take control
of her own life as she finds herself in love with Michel but being forced into
an arranged marriage with an older boy who doesn’t love her.
Opinion: The Revolution of Sabine is a little
slow to start, but the story picks up once Sabine sits for a portrait and is
given a copy of Candide to
concentrate on. While the likelihood of a 16-year-old girl going to an
intellectual salon meeting and being introduced to Benjamin Franklin is a
little far fetched, the plot remains interesting as a historical story. One
can’t but help feel for Sabine as she realizes just how much society controls
her life just because she was born a girl.
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