The Revenant

The Revenant by Sonia Gensler is a reprint edition published by Random House Children’s Books on May 14, 2013. This young adult fiction novel unfolds in the 19th century United States, where Willie arrives in Indian Territory under an assumed identity to escape her past. Taking a teaching position at the Cherokee Female Seminary, she encounters a world filled with the daughters of the Cherokee elite and a school steeped in mystery, including whispers of a drowned student whose spirit is said to haunt the very room Willie occupies.
As Willie navigates her new life, she grapples with the unsettling occurrences at the school and the secrets surrounding a boy from a nearby institution who shows interest in her. The narrative explores themes of identity and the supernatural, as Willie confronts her disbelief in ghosts amid strange happenings. With a page count of 352, this edition invites readers into a historical setting rich with horror elements and ghost stories, providing a unique blend of intrigue and suspense.
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When Willie arrives in Indian Territory, she knows only one thing: no one can find out who she really is. To escape a home she doesn’t belong in, she assumes the name of a former classmate and accepts a teaching position at the Cherokee Female Seminary.
Nothing prepares her for what she finds. Her pupils are the daughters of the Cherokee elite–educated and more wealthy than she–and the school is cloaked in mystery. A student drowned in the river last year, and the girls whisper that she was killed by a jealous lover. Willie’s room is the very room the dead girl slept in. The students say her spirit haunts it.
Willie doesn’t believe in ghosts, but when strange things start happening at the school, she isn’t sure anymore. She’s also not sure what to make of a boy from the nearby boys’ school who has taken an interest in her–and whose past is cloaked in secrets. Soon, even Willie has to admit that the revenant may be trying to tell her something. . . .
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