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The Marvels / Brian Selznick.

By: Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: 665 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780545448680
  • 0545448689
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
Summary: In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to find 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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Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous illustrations, and the second in text.

In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to find 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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