The Life and Deaths of Frankie D.

De: Colleen Nelson

Narrado por: Stacy Gonzalez

Could a hundred-year-old circus side show be the key to Frankie's mysterious past?

Seventeen-year-old Frankie doesn't trust easily. Not others and not even herself. Found in an alley when she was a child, she has no memory of who she is or why she was left there. Recurring dreams about a hundred-year-old carnival side show, a performer known as Alligator Girl, and a man named Monsieur Duval have an eerie familiarity to them.

Frankie gets drawn deeper into Alligator Girl's world and the secrets that keep the performers bound together. But a startling encounter with Monsieur Duval when she’s awake makes Frankie wonder what’s real and what’s in her head.

As Frankie's and Alligator Girl's stories unfold, Frankie's life takes a sharp turn. Are the dreams her way of working through her trauma or is there a more sinister plan at work? And if there is, does she have the strength to fight it?

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Fast paced mystery

This is a quick paced mystery about a girl with no memory of her past, but dreaming of someone else's. Frankie was found by the police one night, abandoned in an alley and she bounced around foster care before finally finding a home with her caseworker. Now she's having terrifying, bloody nightmares and isn't sure what's real...

I liked Frankie and felt bad that she had to hide her skin condition so kids didn't make fun of her. She's labeled a freak at school and has no friends, even though she's a kind person and a talented artist. The dreams were interesting and the plot moved at a good rate. A couple things were predictable, but this kept my attention. I thought the deaths meant Frankie had lived several lives, but that's not quite how it goes. Not a bad read!