The Life and Deaths of Frankie D.

By Colleen Nelson

Book Overview

A fantastical novel from award-winning author Colleen Nelson, about a hundred-year-old side show and a girl with no past.

Frankie doesn't trust easily. Not others and not even herself. Found in an alley when she was a child, she has no memory of who she is or why she was left there. Recurring dreams about a hundred-year-old carnival side show, a performer known as Alligator Girl, and a man named Monsieur Duval have an eerie familiarity to them.

Frankie gets drawn deeper into Alligator Girl's world and the secrets that keep the performers bound together. But a startling encounter with Monsieur Duval when she's awake makes Frankie wonder what's real and what's in her head.

As Frankie's and Alligator Girl's stories unfold, Frankie's life takes a sharp turn. Are the dreams her way of working through her trauma or is there a more sinister plan at work? And if there is, does she have the strength to fight it?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459747585
• ISBN13: 9781459747586
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10