When the duke realizes the two teenagers are falling in love, he takes Charlie away to find a suitable wife-and returns with a different young man as his heir. Charlie is the son of the local duke, but he likes stories more than fencing.
Tress is an ordinary girl with no thirst to see the world. The extended cast is all finely detailed, but too much time spent on supporting characters destabilizes the plot before it finds traction again with Liza heading into the finale.Ĭome one, come all, this magical carnival has all the delightful dangers a reader could wish for.Ī fantasy adventure with a sometimes-biting wit. The carnival setting works perfectly for bringing together various strange and magical people who aren’t at home anywhere else. Henry’s debut draws on a rich history of folklore from various African traditions as well as African history and Black American history, and almost the entire main cast is Black. Only Geneva isn’t her real name, and she’s not remotely human-she’s an ancient demon who devours the souls of children, and Liza may be the only one who can stop her. Inside the trailer is Clay’s boss, the true owner of the G.B. At the same time, he orders her to steer clear of a strange red trailer. Bacchanal Carnival comes to town, Liza manages to salvage a disastrous alligator-wrestling match, and the carnival’s proprietor, Clay Kennel, is so impressed that he offers her a job as an animal performer.
Separated from her beloved baby sister, Twiggy, Liza does housework for a nasty woman who owns the Baton Rouge boardinghouse where she lives. In the 1930s, a young woman uses her ability to communicate with animals to find a home with a traveling carnival.Įliza Meeks can’t talk to animals, exactly, but she can send images to them and get images back.
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