Sally Gardner’s young adult novel The Red Necklace (2007) is historical fiction set during the aftermath of the 1789 French Revolution. Slightly obscuring without totally glossing over the brutally repressive period of the early days of the Reign of Terror, the novel follows the adventures of a teenage Gypsy boy and his attempts to rescue the somewhat hapless daughter of a bankrupt nobleman from the clutches of an evil man intent on marrying her. The plot is fast-paced and includes both staged magic and actual supernatural powers that eventually enable the teenager to overcome his enemies.