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The Marvels / Brian Selznick.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: pages cmISBN:
  • 9780545448680
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • FIC SEL
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.S4654 Mar 2015
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.
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Fiction MVS Library Curved Riser Shelves F- Fiction (Juvenile) FIC SEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4005130
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FIC SEK Boomi's boombox / FIC SEL The Invention of Hugo Cabret FIC SEL Wonderstruck : FIC SEL The Marvels / FIC SEW Black Beauty FIC SEW Black Beauty FIC SHE Frankenstein

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

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.

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