Ticks, hair loss and hysterical coughing — CONVERSION reviewed
Conversion by Katherine Howe
Reviewed by Kieona
History repeats itself. Inspired by true events, in Katherine Howe’s Conversion, readers experience the truth in that famous saying.
The story is told from the perspective of Colleen Rowley, a senior at St. Joan’s Academy. Senior year is proceeding normally, until the most popular girls at St. Joan’s are infected by a mysterious illness that causes ticks, hair loss, and hysterical coughing. The “Mystery Illness” quickly infects a staggering number of other students, and subsequently entangles the community of St. Joan’s in a mass of concerned, uninformed paren'ts and nosy media personalities.
Colleen watches as the mysterious illness changes her school, her friends, and her life. Add all that to the regular stress of being a senior, including college applications, courting boys and other important stuff, and readers will be able to relate to the drawback of unpreparedness that unexpected events can cause.
Wait, there’s more! The main setting, Danvers, Massachusetts, was once called Salem Village… the place where witch trials were held, and the same place where girls suffered from a similar sickness in 1706. Could there be a connection? Read Conversion to find out.
3 thoughts on “Ticks, hair loss and hysterical coughing — CONVERSION reviewed”
This book seems even more interesting than I previously thought. I’m glad I already had it on hold.
Quite interesting. Can’t wait to read it! I’m placing a hold for sure.
Its sounds very interesting, I’m gonna check it out for sure.