The Marvels / Brian Selznick.

First edition.

9780545448680
0545448689
9781407159454
1407159453

New York : Scholastic Press, 2015.

English

391 unnumbered pages, 665 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

PZ7.S4654 Mar 2015

[Fic]

Two stand-alone stories - the first in nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, the second in prose - create a beguiling narrative puzzle.The journey begins at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage. Nearly a century later, runaway Joseph Jervis seeks refuge with an uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits and ghostly presences, captivates Joseph and leads him on a search for clues about the house, his family, and the past. A gripping adventure and an intriguing invitation to decipher how the two stories connect, The Marvels is a loving tribute to the power of story from an artist at the vanguard of creative innovation. -- From amazon.com.

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Lambda Literary Award Finalist, 2015

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