![]() Juniper is a beautiful teenager, passionately interested in medieval times. Dylan's intense respect and tenderness for Juniper contrasts beautifully with her actual boyfriend's self-centered bullying, but Jordan doesn't pressure the reader: it's clear why Juniper stays with Kingsley, and also clear that she will have to make a decision between the two boys. Also, like fellow Aussie Margaret Mahy, she does a very nice, female-empowering sketch of teenage relationships. ![]() This is YA fantasy, and I really liked how Aussie author Jordan manages to mix down-to-earth, overburdened-teen misery with the dreamlike, dangerous world she creates and I like how she takes the character Juniper from idealized icon to vulnerable yet determined woman over the course of the novel. Juniper's images become ever more vivid and it is soon clear that Juniper and Dylan are actually time-traveling to a real place and time - medieval England, where a beautiful young woman is about to be accused of witchcraft. ![]() ![]() Small wonder that he is bewitched by dazzling Juniper, a new girl at school, who recruits him to play a strange game: She will send him mental images, and he will draw them for her. His mother is miserable in her barren marriage and leans on Dylan to care for his young twin sisters when Mom abandons the family, it is up to Dylan to be cook and housekeeper as well. 15-year old Dylan, a nobody at school, is not having much fun at home either. ![]()
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