<DIV><P>In 1789, with the starving French people on the brink of revolution, orphaned Ceilie, an amazing artist and an amazing thief, runs wild with her protector, Algernon, and a gang of idealistic young freedom fighters. When the two try to steal from none other than the king's brother and the lady from the waxworks, Ceilie must use her drawing talent to buy her freedom or die for her crimes. Inside the jeweled walls that surround Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, she is amazed that the very people she imagined to be monsters treat her with kindness. But the thunder of revolution rolls outside the gates, and Ceilie is torn between the cause of the poor and the safety of the rich. When the moment of truth arrives, will she turn on Madame Tussaud or betray the boys she loves? From the hidden garrets of the starving poor to the jeweled halls of Versailles, <I>Madame Tussaud's Apprentice</I> is a sweeping story of danger, intrigue, and young love, set against one of the most dramatic moments in history.</P></DIV>