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La Maison Des Merveilles = The Marvels
Contributor(s): Selznick, Brian (Author), Selznick, Brian (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 1443164674     ISBN-13: 9781443164672
Publisher: Scholastic
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Language: French
Published: November 2017
* Out of Print *
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Europe
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
- Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts - Theater & Musicals
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 10-UP
Grade Level: 5-UP
Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.3" L (2.45 lbs) 672 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Topical - Family
Features: Ikids, Illustrated
 
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Publisher Description:

See below for English description.

Cette magnifique histoire est en deux parties: une toute en illustrations, où le lecteur est invité à décoder l'histoire, et l'autre en mots. Il y découvre des personnages attachants: Billy Merveille, l'unique survivant d'un naufrage survenu en 1766, et Joseph Jervis, un jeune collégien qui fait une fugue pour retrouver un oncle qu'il n'a jamais rencontré. Leurs destins s'entrecroisent au fur et à mesure que Joseph explore l'étrange maison de son oncle, remplie de portraits mystérieux et de fantômes du passé.

In his most intricate and ambitious work to date, Caldecott Award-winner Brian Selznick delivers a magnificent reinvention of his signature form.

Two seemingly unrelated stories--the first in pictures, the second in words-together create a beguiling narrative puzzle. The book opens with an uninterrupted illustrated story that sweeps us through five generations of a legendary family, beginning in 1766 with Billy Marvel. He survives a devastating shipwreck and grows up in a London theater. There his progeny flourish as brilliant stage actors-until the youngest Marvel, Leontes, runs away into the fire of an unknown future.

A century later, Joseph Jervis, another outsider on the run, seeks refuge with an estranged uncle at his mysterious house in London, where ships and fires, theater programs, and ghostly presences abound. Even more enigmatic is stormy Uncle Albert who won't answer Joseph's questions about the house or about an old photo of a boy whose eyes haunt Joseph. So Joseph sets out to solve the mysteries on his own . . . because his future may depend on it.

Original title: The Marvels

 
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