Thornhill /
Smy, Pam,
Thornhill / Pam Smy. - First American edition. - 533 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm
"Parallel plotlines set in different times, one told in text and one in art, inform each other as a young girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door"-- 1982: Mary is a lonely orphan at the Thornhill Institute For Children at the very moment that it's shutting its doors. When her few friends are all adopted or re-homed and she's left to face a volatile bully alone, her revenge will have a lasting effect on the bully, on Mary, and on Thornhill itself. 2016: Ella has just moved to a new town where she knows no one. From her room on the top floor of her new home, she has a perfect view of the dilapidated, abandoned Thornhill Institute across the way, where she glimpses a girl in the window. Determined to befriend the girl, Ella resolves to unravel Thornhill's shadowy past.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
9781626726543 162672654X
2017001991
Ghosts--Fiction.
Bullying--Juvenile fiction.
Orphanages--Juvenile fiction.
Selective mutism--Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
Puppets--Juvenile fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
Ghost stories.
Detective and mystery comics.
Graphic novels.
Thornhill / Pam Smy. - First American edition. - 533 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm
"Parallel plotlines set in different times, one told in text and one in art, inform each other as a young girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door"-- 1982: Mary is a lonely orphan at the Thornhill Institute For Children at the very moment that it's shutting its doors. When her few friends are all adopted or re-homed and she's left to face a volatile bully alone, her revenge will have a lasting effect on the bully, on Mary, and on Thornhill itself. 2016: Ella has just moved to a new town where she knows no one. From her room on the top floor of her new home, she has a perfect view of the dilapidated, abandoned Thornhill Institute across the way, where she glimpses a girl in the window. Determined to befriend the girl, Ella resolves to unravel Thornhill's shadowy past.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
9781626726543 162672654X
2017001991
Ghosts--Fiction.
Bullying--Juvenile fiction.
Orphanages--Juvenile fiction.
Selective mutism--Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
Puppets--Juvenile fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
Ghost stories.
Detective and mystery comics.
Graphic novels.