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Feb 26, 2008 | ISBN 9780452289079 Buy
Mar 20, 2007 | ISBN 9781101213582 Buy
Mar 20, 2007 | 686 Minutes | Young Adult Buy
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Feb 26, 2008 | ISBN 9780452289079
Mar 20, 2007 | ISBN 9781101213582
Mar 20, 2007 | ISBN 9781429585613 | Young Adult
686 Minutes
From the author of the international bestseller Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard, comes a stirring eighteenth-century coming-of-age taleIn the waning days of eighteenth-century London, poet, artist, and printer William Blake works in obscurity as England is rocked by the shock waves of the French Revolution. Next door, the Kellaway family has just moved in, and country boy Jem Kellaway strikes up a tentative friendship with street-savvy Maggie Butterfield. As their stories intertwine with Blake’s, the two children navigate the confusing and exhilarating path to adolescence, and inspire the poet to create the work that enshrined his genius.
Tracy Chevalier is the New York Times bestselling author of nine previous novels, including Girl with a Pearl Earring, which has been translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film. Born and raised in Washington, DC, she lives in… More about Tracy Chevalier
Praise for Tracy Chevalier“Evokes entire landscapes…a master of voices.”—New York Times Book Review (on Falling Angels)“Absorbing…[Chevalier] creates a world reminiscent of a Vermeer interior: suspended in a particular moment, it transcends its time and place.”—The New Yorker (on Girl With a Pearl Earring)“Chevalier admirably weaves historical figures and actual events into a compelling narrative.”—San Francisco Chronicle (on Remarkable Creatures)“Chevalier’s signature talent lies in bringing alive the ordinary day-to-dayness of the past…lovingly evoked.”—Elle (on Burning Bright)“Chevalier’s ringing prose is as radiantly efficient as well-tended silver.”—Entertainment Weekly (on Falling Angels)
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