CRY HAVOC

REBECCA WAIT

Cry Havoc is an odd, quirky book, but that should not keep readers from enjoying it. The protagonist, Ida, arrives at a rundown bottom-of-the-food-chain boarding school, and here is where the mystery begins. Ida’s family and relationships are mysterious, and her attendance at the boarding school may help her get to the bottom of why her relationships with her family are so murky. We meet her roommate, Louise, and learn enough about her to understand that she is someone to be reckoned with. In the second part of Cry Havoc, we are introduced to a teacher named Eleanor who seems to be just marking time. The book skips around to describe multiple ailments that plague many members of the student body, all the while returning to Aida, Louise, and the rest of the characters in this interesting academic mystery.