The Marvels / Brian Selznick.
Title:
The Marvels / Brian Selznick.
ISBN:
9780545448680
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Scholastic Press, 2015.
Physical Description:
665 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
General Note:
Told in two stand-alone stories, the first in nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text. Inspired by the Dennis Severs' House in London.
Contents:
1766 -- 1990.
Summary:
The journey begins on a ship at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage. Nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis runs away from school and seeks refuge with a reclusive uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits and ghostly presences, captivates Joseph and leads him on a search for clues about the house, his family, and the past.
Program Information:
Reading Counts RC 6-8 4.7 11 Quiz: 66369.
Audience:
770L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocn897016494
Availability:
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