| A Northern Light Contributor(s): Donnelly, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0756936144 ISBN-13: 9780756936143 Publisher: Perfection Learning OUR PRICE: $18.72 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: September 2004 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 700 |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 5.02" W x 8.27" (0.93 lbs) 396 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 67223 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder. Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy," Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing debut novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original. "" "Includes a reader's guide and an interview with the author." |