Deborah SavageCritiques

I had no idea what I was getting into when I picked up this book. Savage does an excellent job of giving each character a clear, distinct voice that you can almost hear while you read the dialog.

The story wanders a little, following the usual conflict pattern very loosely. Personally, I felt that Lara and Ben's relationship was a little rushed, but I also had trouble connecting to Lara in general. For a book written in the '90s, this has some good representation of mental illness. I wish the author had been more explicit in describing some of the things the characters did or talked about, but again, for a 90s young adult novel, it's not bad.½

In 1906, fifteen-year-old Theodora disguises herself as a boy to pursue her dream of becoming a race horse driver.