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Availability Label | Location | Shelfmark | Availability | Reservations |
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Central Branch | Junior Fiction Selzn | Copies Available |
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Isabel Turner Branch | Junior Fiction Selzn | On loan until: 08/May/24 |
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Title Statement | The Marvels / Brian Selznick. |
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Author | Selznick, Brian |
Publication | New York: Scholastic Press,2015. |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | 640 pages |
ISBN | 0545448689 9780545448680 |
Other Number | 2766238 |
General Notes | Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text. |
Summary | In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Families--Juvenile fiction--England--London |
Actors--Juvenile fiction | |
Shipwreck survival--Juvenile fiction | |
Theatrical companies--Juvenile fiction | |
Runaway children--Juvenile fiction | |
By Location | London (England)--Juvenile fiction |
By Genre | Adventure fiction |
Historical fiction |