The Resource Riddance, (Shelley Jackson)
Riddance, (Shelley Jackson)
Resource Information
The item Riddance, (Shelley Jackson) 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 7 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Riddance, (Shelley Jackson) 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 7 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "Eleven-year-old Jane Grandison, tormented by a stutter, is invited to live and study at The Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children, founded in 1890 as a seeming sanctuary for children seeking to cure their speech impediments. However, the Headmistress has found that her students can channel ghostly voices through their handicapped utterances, communicating with the land of the dead, a realm that the Headmistress herself visits at will. Things change for the school when a student disappears, drawing attention from parents and police"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 497 pages
- Note
- Place of publication from publisher's website
- Isbn
- 9781936787999
- Label
- Riddance
- Title
- Riddance
- Statement of responsibility
- (Shelley Jackson)
- Title variation
-
- Riddance
- Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children
- Title variation remainder
- or, The Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children
- Subject
-
- Paranormal fiction
- trueSpiritualism
- Spiritualism -- Fiction
- trueStutterers
- Stutterers
- Stutterers -- Fiction
- trueSupernatural
- trueWomen headmasters
- Children with disabilities -- Education
- Children with disabilities -- Education -- Fiction
- trueDead
- Fiction
- Ghost stories, American
- Ghost stories, American
- trueGirls
- trueHistorians
- Horror fiction
- Horror fiction
- trueMassachusetts
- Paranormal fiction
- Paranormal fiction
- trueParanormal fiction
- trueSchools
- trueSpecial education
- trueSpeech
- trueSpirits
- Spiritualism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Eleven-year-old Jane Grandison, tormented by a stutter, is invited to live and study at The Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children, founded in 1890 as a seeming sanctuary for children seeking to cure their speech impediments. However, the Headmistress has found that her students can channel ghostly voices through their handicapped utterances, communicating with the land of the dead, a realm that the Headmistress herself visits at will. Things change for the school when a student disappears, drawing attention from parents and police"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10736847
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jackson, Shelley
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Stutterers
- Children with disabilities
- Paranormal fiction
- Spiritualism
- Ghost stories, American
- Children with disabilities
- Ghost stories, American
- Paranormal fiction
- Spiritualism
- Stutterers
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- or: the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children
- Label
- Riddance, (Shelley Jackson)
- Note
- Place of publication from publisher's website
- 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
- on1022992692
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 497 pages
- Isbn
- 9781936787999
- Lccn
- 2018903614
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1022992692
- Label
- Riddance, (Shelley Jackson)
- Note
- Place of publication from publisher's website
- 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
- on1022992692
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 497 pages
- Isbn
- 9781936787999
- Lccn
- 2018903614
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1022992692
Subject
- Paranormal fiction
- trueSpiritualism
- Spiritualism -- Fiction
- trueStutterers
- Stutterers
- Stutterers -- Fiction
- trueSupernatural
- trueWomen headmasters
- Children with disabilities -- Education
- Children with disabilities -- Education -- Fiction
- trueDead
- Fiction
- Ghost stories, American
- Ghost stories, American
- trueGirls
- trueHistorians
- Horror fiction
- Horror fiction
- trueMassachusetts
- Paranormal fiction
- Paranormal fiction
- trueParanormal fiction
- trueSchools
- trueSpecial education
- trueSpeech
- trueSpirits
- Spiritualism
Genre
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