Pantomime (2013) (Strange Chemistry)Laura Lam
Grade: B-
Genre: young adult / fantasy
Source: own
Pantomime: (1) Pantomime
Young adult RBC 2014: A book with a lion, a witch or a wardrobe
Iphigenia Laurus – or Gene, to
anyone who will listen – is the only daughter of a noble family. Her brother is
her best friend, but her mother, while she has Gene’s best interests at heart,
can be unbearably coddling. Born ‘different’, Gene’s very self is her greatest
secret and given her social station, she’s destined to a life of corsets,
petticoats and repressing her preferences for shedding her dresses and climbing
trees and scaffolding …
