![]() ![]() First of all, she must find out why she has landed on a ship under assault by a privateer at the outbreak of the American Revolution. But this is an adventure story, the first in a new series from Alexandra Bracken, the author of the Darkest Minds books, and Bracken is only just getting started.Įtta soon finds herself plunged into another time and place, her worries about success and family overthrown by her struggle to stay alive. When Etta’s elderly teacher, the most supportive figure in her life, becomes suddenly discouraging on the night of the recital, and Etta overhears an argument between her teacher and her mother as she is about to go onstage, the dramatic tension is ratcheted up, promising an engaging narrative about ambition and family. While not every teenager is a violin prodigy, Etta’s situation shares common themes with the lives of many driven young people, and right from the opening moments of “Passenger” there is much to like about her. ![]() She feels the pressure of making good on her training, along with confusion about her best path to the future she desires. ![]() In present-day New York City, a focused young woman prepares for a recital on the violin, the instrument for which she has sacrificed both her social life and a sense of closeness to her peripatetic mother. ![]()
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