Jessica Miller is a children’s writer and PhD student from
Brisbane, Australia. She currently lives in Germany. Elizabeth and
Zenobia is her first novel.
Yelena Bryksenkova was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia; grew up in
Cleveland; and studied illustration at the Maryland Institute
College of Art in Baltimore (BFA, 2010) and the Academy of Applied
and Decorative Arts in Prague, Czech Republic. She lives in Western
New York.
**STARRED REVIEW**
"A vaguely Victorian setting, the snootily funny exchanges between
the title characters, and the frequent references to other, cozier
works of literature may lull readers into a false sense of
security. Zenobia's love of Poe gives a better idea of the story's
direction, as do the Gothic-feeling black-and-white
illustrations."-- "The Horn Book"
**STARRED REVIEW**
"Miller's painstaking crafting of language and attention to
atmospheric detail create a clever story where nothing is as it
seems." -- "Kirkus"
**STARRED REVIEW**
"Spare, evocative language and direct sentences contribute to the
suspenseful pacing...Comical characters, ghost story tropes, and a
lively pair of intrepid protagonists help keep this spooky novel
from getting too scary, and Brykenskova's faux-naive illustrations
contribute."
-- "Booklist"
"...an ideal mix of eerie gothic mysticism and realistic
interpersonal dynamics, and fans of Auxier's chilling The Night
Gardener (BCCB 3/16) will find an excellent readalike here, right
down to the eerie plant involvement in all that's going wrong."--
"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"
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