Publisher Description
With Anna-Marie McLemore's signature lush prose, Dark and Deepest Red pairs the forbidding magic of a fairy tale with a modern story of passion and betrayal. Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until they fall down dead. As rumors of witchcraft spread, suspicion turns toward Lavinia and her family, and Lavinia may have to do the unimaginable to save herself and everyone she loves. Five centuries later, a pair of red shoes seal to Rosella Olivas feet, making her dance uncontrollably. They draw her toward a boy who knows the dancing fevers history better than anyone: Emil, whose family was blamed for the fever five hundred years ago. But theres more to what happened in 1518 than even Emil knows, and discovering the truth may decide whether Rosella survives the red shoes.
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About Anna-Marie McLemore
Anna-Marie McLemore (they/them) is the author of several accalimed books, including The Weight of Feathers, a 2016 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist; When the Moon Was Ours, A Stonewall Honor Book and longlisted for the National Book Award; Wild Beauty, named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Booklist; Blanca & Roja, a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice; Dark and Deepest Red, an Indie Next List title; and The Mirror Season, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature.
About the Narrators
Mia Barron has worked at theaters in New York and around the country. Her film and television credits include The Guiding Light and the independent feature The F Word. She has won an AudioFile Earphones Award, and in 2003 she was awarded the Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award for her audiobook narration.
Vikas Adam is a classically trained actor with numerous credits in stage, film, commercials, and television, in addition to his over two hundred recorded audiobooks. His narrations have garnered numerous awards and nominations, including AudioFile Earphones Awards, various Best of the Year lists, and the prestigious Audie Award. He was an inaugural inductee into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame.
Almarie Guerra is an actor known for her work on Sorry You’re Sad, Dude Bro Party Massacre III, and Night of the Living Deb. She is part of an LA/NY based improv group, the Story Pirates.