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Article: Whelan, Gloria. Parade of shadows.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
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WHELAN, Gloria. Parade of shadows. HarperCollins. 293p. c2007. 0-06-089028-5. $15.99. JS
The Middle East probably has always been a complicated place; and Whelan sets this novel in 1907, a time filled with colonial powers plotting, sectarian violence, spies, nomadic tribes, and unusually strong personalities. Julia and her father journey on the Orient Express across Europe to Istanbul, then by sea to Beirut, by train to Damascus, by camel into the desert, to Palmyra, Homs, and end in Alexandretta. Julia knows her father is working for the British government in some capacity, but they are to pretend to be tourists. She meets a young Englishman in Istanbul, who ...