| The Tower Room: The Egerton Hall Novels, Volume One Contributor(s): Geras, Adele (Author) |
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ISBN: 0152055371 ISBN-13: 9780152055370 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2005 Annotation: This new series puts a modern spin on familar fairy tales. In this take on "Rapunzel," Megan, who lives at a secluded girl's school where her foster mother is headmistress, falls in love for the first time with the young man her foster mother has chosen for herself. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Romance - General - Young Adult Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005279330 |
| Series: Egerton Hall Novels |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 202 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 88841 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a scene that echoes "Rapunzel," Megan looks down from her tower room at a cloistered all-girls boarding school in England and observes the arrival of the new laboratory assistant, Simon Findlay. As soon as their eyes meet, their love blossoms--and Simon begins to scale the scaffolding into the tower room for clandestine trysts. But when Dorothy, the school's science teacher and Megan's guardian, discovers the young couple's affair, Megan's sheltered world is shattered forever. |
Contributor Bio(s): Geras, Adele: - Adèle Geras is the celebrated author of many books for all ages, including Troy and Ithaka. She lives in Cambridge, England. |