The Resource A great and terrible beauty, Libba Bray
A great and terrible beauty, Libba Bray
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The item A great and terrible beauty, Libba Bray represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item A great and terrible beauty, Libba Bray represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 403 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385730280
- Label
- A great and terrible beauty
- Title
- A great and terrible beauty
- Statement of responsibility
- Libba Bray
- Subject
-
- trueSpirits
- trueSixteen-year-old girls -- England
- trueSupernatural
- trueWomen's role -- England -- History -- 19th century
- trueWomen -- England -- History -- 19th century
- trueVisions
- trueTeenage girls -- England
- Supernatural -- Fiction
- trueBoarding schools
- Boarding schools -- Fiction
- trueDivination
- trueEngland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueFriendship
- trueGirls' boarding schools -- England
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
- trueMagic
- Magic -- Fiction
- trueSchools
- Schools -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world
- Award
-
- Iowa High School Book Award, 2007.
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2004
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 122667
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bray, Libba
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 700L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- UG
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 9
- 12
- Reading level
- 5.1
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Gemma Doyle trilogy
- Series volume
- 0001
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Magic
- Supernatural
- Boarding schools
- Schools
- England
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- A great and terrible beauty, Libba Bray
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 471744
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 403 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385730280
- Lccn
- 2003009472
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780385730280
- (Sirsi) ADM-4650
- Label
- A great and terrible beauty, Libba Bray
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 471744
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 403 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385730280
- Lccn
- 2003009472
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780385730280
- (Sirsi) ADM-4650
Subject
- trueSpirits
- trueSixteen-year-old girls -- England
- trueSupernatural
- trueWomen's role -- England -- History -- 19th century
- trueWomen -- England -- History -- 19th century
- trueVisions
- trueTeenage girls -- England
- Supernatural -- Fiction
- trueBoarding schools
- Boarding schools -- Fiction
- trueDivination
- trueEngland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueFriendship
- trueGirls' boarding schools -- England
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
- trueMagic
- Magic -- Fiction
- trueSchools
- Schools -- Fiction
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueIowa Association of School Librarians Book Awards: Iowa High School Book Award
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2004
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