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The Marvels / Brian Selznick.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: JF SELDescription: pages cmISBN:
  • 9780545448680 (hard cover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • JF 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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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Fairmount Public Library Children's Area Fiction JF SEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T 46402

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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