Passenger By Alexandra Bracken

“You do have a choice, you know…there is always a choice.” Passenger by Alexandra Bracken is a thrilling novel with many intriguing characters, but my favourite one was Henrietta Spencer, a 17-year-old violinist who goes by Etta. She discovers that she is part of a large family of time-travelers and she has the ability to change history. But along with this power come many responsibilities, hardships and dangers. “This was the danger, the seduction of time travel…it was the opportunity, the freedom of a thousand possibilities…” Taken out of her natural time and place, she has to find a hidden heirloom to restore her life to what it used to be. There is a problem, though: she has enemies hunting for her, and they are determined to stop …show more content…
At the age of 17, she looks like her mother, Rose, with many similar physical traits. “She used to love the fact that she and her mom looked so much alike—that they were a matching set…” In fact, she is mistaken for her mother on several occasions when she travels back in time. Adorning Etta’s head are waves of thick white-blonde hair. She has pale skin and bright blue eyes that draw attention to her face. Her hands are nimble and her fingers are thin from hours of practicing the violin. She was wearing a sophisticated black dress for her violin performance, although she has to change her clothing many times throughout the book to match the time period in which she is staying. Some of the clothes she wears include gowns from 18th century New England and silky tunics from the Middle East. She always wears intricate gold earrings with pearls and sapphires handcrafted from Syria in the 1500s, given to her by her mother, who said “For the longest time, I saw them as the end of my journey, but now I think they were always meant to represent the beginning of yours.” Overall, Etta is described as an attractive young girl whose beauty is noticed everywhere she …show more content…
She is a beautiful young violinist that is very serious about what she does. She changes throughout the novel, as her life is turned upside-down by a rare power she didn’t realize she possessed. Through all the mishaps, barriers, and setbacks, she remains strong and tries to get back to her old life. Searching for a lost treasure to bring her home, she changes and becomes a different character. Her relationships with the other characters were profound and realistic, and she altered her view and appreciation for them as the story progressed. “She'd shown him her mind, and she'd opened up her heart, and now he knew the taste of her tears.” She is passionate, outgoing, and determined to save the people most important to