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Mar 12, 2013 | ISBN 9780385361248 | 748 Minutes

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Praise

USA Today “Happy Ever After”, March 19, 2013:
“Even if you’ve never read Blue Beard’s tale, you’ll enjoy Strands of Bronze and Gold. Sophie is a very likable character, and readers will soon find themselves caught up in the intrigue and mystery right along with her…I’m glad, too, that Sophie was no shy submissive heroine. She’s brave, intelligent and looks through the glamour. The Mirk and Midnight Hour is set to release in March 2014 and is about the legend of the Ballad of Tam Lin. The writing is excellent, and the setting is very Gothic and dark. Just my style!”

Publishers Weekly
, February 4, 3013:
“Nickerson makes smart use of a lush, eerie antebellum Mississippi setting to add tension…Although the book moves leisurely, it effectively blends the fairytale world with the realities of Sophia’s powerlessness: she’s underage, impoverished, and female. All of which makes her luck, determination, and eventual triumph all the more rewarding.”

The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, February 2013:
“Elegant prose and vivid imagery give this gothic retelling of Perrault’s ‘Bluebeard’ an exquisite sense of place; the descriptions of the lavish rooms of the seemingly endless estate are entrancing, while the hints of unease—a name scratched in a bedpost, old paintings found in the attic, a decrepit chapel in the estate’s cemetery—keep the tension mounting.”

Booklist, March 1, 2013:
“With nods to such classics as Rebecca and Gone with the Wind and a setting that may draw Downton Abbey fans, first-time novelist Nickerson adds a strictly American spin to her version of the Bluebeard fairy tale. With headstrong Sophia, handsome rake Monsieur de Cressac, and sweet, courageous Reverend Stone wrapped in a romantic love triangle; the glamorous Mississippi plantation as a cover for the somewhat sanitized horrors of slavery; and the increasingly obvious murder mystery; this will beckon readers of historical fiction, romance, and mystery alike.”

School Library Journal, March 2013:
“Nickerson makes a strong debut with this suspenseful reimagining of the Bluebeard legend that seamlessly weaves together elements of fairy tale, gothic romance, and pre-Civil War-era American history. Fans of Libba Bray’s Gemma Doyle trilogy will delight in this gorgeously atmospheric page-turner.”

SLJ Teen, February 5, 2013:
Jane Nickerson adroitly weaves the threads of the ‘Bluebeard’ story into Strands of Bronze and Gold to create a spellbinding tapestry of mystery, romance, and suspense…A grippingly gothic tale, with a lavishly described and lushly atmospheric setting and likable heroine.”

Awards

Kid’s Indie Next List “Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers” WINNER 2013

Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College Children’s Book of the Year SELECTION 2014

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