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Ravencliffe

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Avaline Hall is no ordinary girl. 
She’s a student at Blythewood Academy, an elite boarding school that trains young women to defend human society from the shadowy forces that live among us.  After the devastating events of her first year at Blythewood, Ava is eager to reunite with her friends—and with Raven, the compelling but elusive winged boy who makes her pulse race. She soon discovers, though, that the sinister Judicus van Drood hasn’t finished wreaking havoc on Blythewood—and wants to use Ava and her classmates to attack a much bigger target.
Ava’s the only one with any hope of stopping van Drood. But to scuttle his plans, she must reveal her deepest secret to everyone at Blythewood. What’s she willing to sacrifice to do what’s right—her school?  Her love?  Or her life?
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    • Kirkus

      October 1, 2014
      Half-breed Darkling Avaline Hall makes a triumphant return in the second installment of the Blythewood series. Readers will be reunited with Ava a mere two months after her first, nearly fatal victory over the Shadow Master, Judicus van Drood. But when young girls begin to mysteriously disappear, it becomes clear that van Drood and his shadow demons are back and more determined than ever to see darkness prevail. Shrouded in mist and mystery, turn-of-the-20th-century New York again provides an atmospheric backdrop as Ava and her friends, both human and mystical, realize they must break down the walls of prejudice and join forces if they hope to win the battle against van Drood. That's easier said than done, as secrets abound, and the desire to conceal them threatens to destroy the alliance before it's even formed. Ava herself, having felt like an outcast for so long, struggles to conceal the undeniable truth of her half-breed blood and her love for the Darkling boy named Raven. Though the tale and its message are sometimes heavy-handed, readers will readily relate to Ava and the other characters who struggle to embrace their differences and to stand up and fight for what they believe in. Rife with atmosphere, adventure and romance, this is a fantasy world worth getting lost in for a while. (Fantasy. 12 & up)

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    • Booklist

      December 1, 2014
      Grades 8-11 Readers charmed by Blythewood (2013) will find nothing lacking in this stormy, romantic sequel, which skillfully integrates early 1900s history into the fanciful narrative. As a member of Blythewood Academy's Order of the Bells, Avaline Hall doesn't get summers off: she spends hers tracking down a changeling accused of identity theft. Once school starts, Ava struggles to hide that she is half Darkling (her wings are budding) and is in love with Raven, the Darkling teaching her to fly. Meanwhile, Judicus van Drood returns with an insidious plot to use hypnotized Blythewood girls to start a war between humans and faeries. Recommend this supernatural melodrama to fans of Gail Carriger and Libba Bray.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2015
      Avaline Hall (Blythewood) can't wait to return to Blythewood Academy, where she's being trained to protect humans from supernatural dangers, and to Raven, the mysterious winged boy she might love. When the school is threatened, Ava must decide what she's willing to sacrifice to save it. While this sequel's paranormal romance feels clichid, it will hook fans of series like Twilight and Fallen.

      (Copyright 2015 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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  • ATOS Level:6.2
  • Lexile® Measure:890
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:4-5

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