| The Glass Town Game Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Valente, Catherynne M. (Author), Green, Rebecca (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1481476971 ISBN-13: 9781481476973 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 810 |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" (0.95 lbs) 560 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 193234 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 17.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner "Dazzling." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Charlotte and Emily Bront enter a fantasy world that they invented in order to rescue their siblings in this "lovely, fanciful" (Booklist, starred review) novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. Inside a small Yorkshire parsonage, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne Bront have invented a game called Glass Town, where their toy soldiers fight Napoleon and no one dies. This make-believe land helps the four escape from a harsh reality: Charlotte and Emily are being sent away to a dangerous boarding school. But then something incredible happens: a train whisks them all away to a real Glass Town, and the children trade the moors for a wonderland all their own. This is their Glass Town...almost. Their Napoleon never rode into battle on a fire-breathing porcelain rooster. And the soldiers can die; wars are fought over a potion that raises the dead, a potion Anne would very much like to bring back to England. But returning is out of the question--Charlotte will never go back to that horrible school. Together the Bront siblings must battle their own imaginations in this magical celebration of authorship, creativity, and classic literature from award-winning author Catherynne M. Valente. |
Contributor Bio(s): Valente, Catherynne M.: - Catherynne M. Valente is the acclaimed author of The Glass Town Game, and a New York Times bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction novels, short stories, and poetry. She has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards, and has won the Locus and Andre Norton award. She lives on a small island off the coast of Maine with her partner, two dogs, one enormous cat, a less enormous cat, six chickens, a red accordion, an uncompleted master's degree, a roomful of yarn, a spinning wheel with ulterior motives, a cupboard of jam and pickles, a bookshelf full of folktales, an industrial torch, and an Oxford English Dictionary. Visit her at CatherynneMValente.com. |