| A Great and Terrible Beauty Contributor(s): Bray, Libba (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385732317 ISBN-13: 9780385732314 Publisher: Ember
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2005 Annotation: It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls--and their foray into the spiritual world--lead to? "From the Hardcover edition. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - General - Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - Historical - Young Adult Fiction | Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003009472 |
| Age Level: 12-UP |
| Grade Level: 7-UP |
| Lexile Measure: 700(Not Available) |
| Series: Readers Circle (Delacorte) |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.26" W x 8.06" L (0.69 lbs) 403 pages |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
| Review Citations: Kliatt 05/01/2005 pg. 20 Publishers Weekly 03/21/2005 pg. 54 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 75342 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first book in the critically acclaimed New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, the exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners series and Going Bovine. It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls--and their foray into the spiritual world--lead to? "A delicious, elegant gothic."--PW, Starred "Shivery with both passion and terror."--Kirkus Reviews Compulsively readable. --VOYA A New York Times Bestseller A Publishers Weekly Bestseller A Book Sense Bestseller BBYA (ALA/YALSA Best Book for Young Adults) Iowa High School Book Award Garden State Teen Book Award Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award |
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