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A Corner of White (the Colors of Madeleine, Book 1): Volume 1
Contributor(s): Moriarty, Jaclyn (Author)
ISBN: 0545397367     ISBN-13: 9780545397360
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
OUR PRICE:   $17.09  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2013
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2012016582
Lexile Measure: 800
Series: Colors of Madeleine
Physical Information: 1.26" H x 5.86" W x 8.33" (1.07 lbs) 384 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 157721
Reading Level: 5.6   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 16.0
 
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Publisher Description:
The first in a rousing, funny, genre-busting trilogy from bestseller Jaclyn Moriarty

This is a tale of missing persons. Madeleine and her mother have run away from their former life, under mysterious circumstances, and settled in a rainy corner of Cambridge (in our world).Elliot, on the other hand, is in search of his father, who disappeared on the night his uncle was found dead. The talk in the town of Bonfire (in the Kingdom of Cello) is that Elliot's dad may have killed his brother and run away with the Physics teacher. But Elliot refuses to believe it. And he is determined to find both his dad and the truth.As Madeleine and Elliot move closer to unraveling their mysteries, they begin to exchange messages across worlds -- through an accidental gap that hasn't appeared in centuries. But even greater mysteries are unfolding on both sides of the gap: dangerous weather phenomena called color storms; a strange fascination with Isaac Newton; the myth of the Butterfly Child, whose appearance could end the droughts of Cello; and some unexpected kisses...