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The Marvels / Brian Selznick.

Author: Selznick, Brian, author, illustrator.

Imprint:New York : Scholastic Press, 2015.

Description665 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Note:Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text.

Note:In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.



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Selznick, Brian, author, illustrator.
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Families -- England -- London. -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
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