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The Travels of Daniel Ascher
Other. 2015. 208p. tr. from French by Adriana Hunter. ISBN 9781590517079. $22.95; ebk. ISBN 9781590517086. F
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A hit in the author's native France and an Indie Introduces Debut Authors selection here, this limpidly written novel feels like a fairy-tale adventure when it first opens. And no wonder; its heroine, Hélène, is the grand-niece of Daniel Roche, otherwise known as H.R. Sanders, author of "The Black Insignia," an ongoing YA series with a Harry Potter-like following. But fairy tales can be dark and adventures can hide real pain, as Hélène learns when she starts unfolding her family history with the help of her friend Guillaume, a fellow archaeology student in Paris and a "Black Insignia" devotee. Born Daniel Ascher, her great-uncle was a Jewish orphan adopted by the Roche family during World War II, and the novel revisits that awful time with a clear-eyed lack of sensationalism.
VERDICT All fiction readers will love.
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