Inventing Victoria

In a searing historical novel, Tonya Bolden illuminates post-Reconstruction America in an intimate portrait of a determined young woman who dares to seize the opportunity of a lifetime.

As a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Essie's dreams are very much at odds with her reality. Ashamed of her beginnings, but unwilling to accept the path currently available to her, Essie is trapped between the life she has and the life she wants.

Until she meets a lady named Dorcas Vashon, the richest and most cultured black woman she's ever encountered. When Dorcas makes Essie an offer she can't refuse, she becomes Victoria. Transformed by a fine wardrobe, a classic education, and the rules of etiquette, Victoria is soon welcomed in the upper echelons of black society in Washington, D. C. But when the life she desires is finally within her grasp, Victoria must decide how much of herself she is truly willing to surrender.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury YA
Published: 01/08/2019
ISBN: 9781681198071
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Booklist 10/15/2018 pg. 50
School Library Journal 11/01/2018 pg. 72
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2018 pg. 106
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2018
Publishers Weekly 12/10/2018
BookPage 01/01/2019
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2019 pg. 86
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 504644 / Inventing Victoria
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 6