![]() ![]() ![]() When the Carolina colony was being settled, the governor was gambling with Thomas Watson, a pirate. : Barrie is with her cousin, Cassie, who tells her the history of the island. She blinks and he's gone, but "her heart was a drumbeat in her throat, war drums pounding, pounding a retreat" (p. He turned suddenly and looked at Barrie-straight into her-with eyes that were only lighter spots in a face painted with a war mask of black and red. The flames travel to a "shadowed figure of a man." Cupped in his hands is an ember (that is all that remains of that fire ball):Ī cloak of black feathers covered his back and shoulders, and a matching feathered headdress melded into his long, dark hair. It gets dimmer and the river itself seems to be burning. ![]() She sees a ball of fire hovering over the water. ![]() Having read it, I do not recommend Compulsion. The island where the plantation is located is haunted and the house is falling apart. The story is set in the present day, but the past is very much a part of Compulsion. Published by Simon Pulse (which is part of Simon and Schuster) in 2014, the protagonist is a teenage girl named Barrie who moves to a plantation in South Carolina to live with her aunt Pru. My first one is about Boone's use of Gone With the Wind in her YA novel. In April of 2015, I learned about Martina Boone's Compulsion: Heirs of Watson Island. This is my second post about Martina Boone's book. ![]()
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