| The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Legrand, Claire (Author), Watts, Sarah (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1442442921 ISBN-13: 9781442442924 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - General - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011028405 |
| Lexile Measure: 750 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.3" W x 7.6" (0.55 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 153746 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, you will definitely learn your lesson. An atmospheric, heartfelt, and delightfully spooky novel for fans of Coraline, Splendors and Glooms, and The Mysterious Benedict Society. Victoria hates nonsense. There is no need for it when your life is perfect. The only smudge on her pristine life is her best friend Lawrence. He is a disaster--lazy and dreamy, shirt always untucked, obsessed with his silly piano. Victoria often wonders why she ever bothered being his friend. (Lawrence does, too.) But then Lawrence goes missing. And he's not the only one. Victoria soon discovers that The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls is not what it appears to be. Kids go in but come out...different. Or they don't come out at all. If anyone can sort this out, it's Victoria--even if it means getting a little messy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Watts, Sarah: - Sarah Watts is an illustrator of fabric lines, books, and other printed delights. She is married to an adventure junkie and she collects old treasures. Sarah is also the Alumni Board of Trustee member for Ringling College of Art and Design (RACD). Legrand, Claire: - Claire Legrand used to be a musician until she realized she couldn't stop thinking about the stories in her head. Now Ms. Legrand is a full-time writer living in New Jersey. She has written two middle grade novels--The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, one of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2012, and The Year of Shadows--as well as the young adult novel Winterspell. Visit her at Claire-Legrand.com and on Twitter @ClaireLegrand. |