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A haunting love story about desire, danger, and destiny.
After Renee Winters discovers her parents lying dead in California’s Redwood Forest in what appears to be a strange double murder, her grandfather sends her off to Gottfried Academy in Maine, a remote and mysterious high... read more
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Characters edit
- Renée Winters: Main character. A girl who moves from the west coast to western Maine when her parents die in order to attend Gottfried academy.
- Dante Berlin: A mysterious student at Gottfried who keeps to himself.
- Brownell Winters: Renée's grandfather.
- Eleanor Bell: Renée's roommate and friend.
- Nathaniel Welch: One of Renée's friends at Gottfried Academy. Nerdy kid.
- Gideon: A former friend of Dante.
- Cassandra Millet: Eleanor's previous roommate.
- Mrs. Lynch: A strict teacher/girls' dormitory monitor at Gottfried Academy.
- Dustin: Renée's grandfather's proper-minded butler.
- Benjamin Gallow: A student at Gottfried Academy who has died and was found in the forest surrounding the academy.
- Annie: Renée's California best friend.
- Genevieve Tart: One of the Board monitors.
- Minnie Roberts: Student at Gottfried Academy, people thinks she's crazy.
- Calysta Von Laark: The headmistress at Gottfried Academy.
- Wes: Renée's old boyfriend.
- Brett: Renee's friend, they meet in Horticulture.
- Vivian: Dante's old friend.
- Brandon Bell: A monitor at Gottfried Academy and is Eleanor's brother
- Bertrand Gottfried: A doctor and the founder of Gottfried Academy
- Schuyler: A monitor
- Mr. and Mrs. Winters (Renee's Parents): Died mysteriously and were found by Renee' in the Redwood forest surrounded by coins and gagged. Suspected cause of death: heart attack.
Setting & Locations edit
Gottfried Academy in Western Maine.
- Costa Rosa, California: Renée's hometown
- Gottfried Academy: A prestigious boarding school in Attica Falls, Maine
First Sentence edit
I didn't know anything about death until I began studying philosophy.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Chapter 1- The Encounter in the Woods
Chapter 2- Gottfried Academy
Chapter 3- The Awakening
Chapter 4- The First Law of Attraction
Chapter 5- Horticulture
Chapter 6- The Forgotten History
Chapter 7- Twisted Whispers
Chapter 8- The Gottfried Curse
Chapter 9- The Flood
Chapter 10- The Stolen Files
Chapter 11- The Incident Last Spring
Chapter 12- The First Living Room
Chapter 13- The Seventh Meditation
Chapter 14- The Dead Forest
Chapter 15- Tradgedy in the Mountains
Chapter 16- The Burial of Nathaniel Welch
Chapter 17- The Board of Monitors
Chapter 18- The Gentlemen's Ballet
Chapter 19- The Untimely Death of Dante Berlin
Chapter 20- Renaissance
Themes & Symbolism edit
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in Dead Beautiful. (standard series)
Followed by Life Eternal.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Yvonne Woon (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Disney/Hyperion
Country: United States
Publication Date: September 21, 2010
ISBN: 1423119568
Page Count: 464
Publisher: Disney/Hyperion
Country: United States
Publication Date: September 21, 2010
ISBN: 1423119568
Page Count: 464
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Yvonne Woon: Author's page on Amazon.com
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