The Marvels

Title
The Marvels

Personal Author EPSB
Brian, Selznick

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.

Year Published
2015

Physical Description
665 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Note
Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text.

Program Information
Accelerated Reader MG 4.6 6.0 176872

Subject
Family life -- England -- Fiction.
 
Actors -- England -- Fiction.
 
Theatre -- England -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
London (England) -- Fiction.

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.

ISBN
9780545448680

Publisher
New York : Scholastic Press, 2015.
 
©2015


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
BrooksideFIC SELBook30146000216049Fiction