In this twist on Edgar Allen Poe's gothic short story, a wealthy teenage girl who can afford a special mask to protect her from the plague that decimated humanity in the mid-1800s, falls in love, becomes caught up in a conspiracy to overthrow an oppressive government, and faces the threat of a new plague.
Series:
Red Death ; #01
Indexed by:
School Library Journal, June 2012 Publisher's Weekly, April 2012 Booklist, May 2012 Horn Book, May 2012 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2012 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2012 Kirkus Review, March 2012 School Library Journal Publisher's Weekly Booklist
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