TY  - BOOK
AU  - Selznick,Brian
TI  - The Marvels
SN  - 0545448689
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic Press
KW  - Actors
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Families
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - Recluses
KW  - Runaway children
KW  - Shipwreck survival
KW  - Theater
KW  - Theaters
KW  - Theatrical companies
KW  - Actors and actresses
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Adventure and adventurers
KW  - Family life
KW  - London (England)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Action and adventure fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
N1  - Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text. Inspired by the Dennis Severs' House in London
N2  - The journey begins on a ship at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage. Nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis runs away from school and seeks refuge with a reclusive uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits and ghostly presences, captivates Joseph and leads him on a search for clues about the house, his family, and the past
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