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A Northern Light by Donnelly, Jennifer
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Located in: Beaufort, North Carolina, United States
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Product Group
- Book
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780152167059
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0152167056
ISBN-13
9780152167059
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2231512
Product Key Features
Book Title
Northern Light
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Historical / United States / 20th Century, Historical / United States / General, Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life, Mysteries & Detective Stories, General, People & Places / United States / General
Publication Year
2003
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
2002-005098
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
A
Reviews
"In an intelligent, colloquial voice that speaks with a writer's love of language and an observant eye, Mattie details the physical particulars of people's lives as well as deeper issues of race, class, and gender as she strains against family and societal expectations. . . . Many teens will connect with Mattie's fierce yearning for independence and for stories, like her own, that are frank, messy, complicated, and inspiring." --Booklist (starred review), "A Northern Light is a story as big and bold as the North Woods where it is set. Deft foreshadowing and a real-life mystery keep the story moving along." -- BookPage, "The author's ability to recast the murder mystery as a cautionary tale for Mattie makes the heroine's pending decision about her future the greatest source of suspense." --Publishers Weekly (starred review), "A breathtaking tale, complex and often earthy, wrapped around a true story. Donnelly's characters ring true to life." -- School Library Journal (starred review), Jennifer Donnelly has populated her first young-adult novel with a community of distinctive characters who ring rich and true., "Riveting. . . . The author's ability to recast the murder mystery as a cationary tale for Mattie makes the heroine's pending decision about her future the greatest source of suspense." Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books 2003 in the Fiction category.
Grade From
Ninth Grade
Grade To
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
[Fic]
Synopsis
Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing, Printz Honor-winning debut--the story of a young woman's coming-of-age and the murder that rocked turn-of-the-century America., Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has a word for everything, and big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. She collects words, stores them up as a way of fending off the hard truths of her life, the truths that she can't write down in stories.The fresh pain of her mother's death. The burden of raising her sisters while her father struggles over his brokeback farm. The mad welter of feelings Mattie has for handsome but dull Royal Loomis, who says he wants to marry her. And the secret dreams that keep her going--visions of finishing high school, going to college in New York City, becoming a writer.Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from Big Moose Lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder.Set in 1906 in the Adirondack Mountains, against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, this Printz Honor-winning coming-of-age novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original., Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has a word for everything, and big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. She collects words, stores them up as a way of fending off the hard truths of her life, the truths that she can't write down in stories. The fresh pain of her mother's death. The burden of raising her sisters while her father struggles over his brokeback farm. The mad welter of feelings Mattie has for handsome but dull Royal Loomis, who says he wants to marry her. And the secret dreams that keep her going--visions of finishing high school, going to college in New York City, becoming a writer. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from Big Moose Lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder. Set in 1906 in the Adirondack Mountains, against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, this Printz Honor-winning coming-of-age novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original.
LC Classification Number
PZ7.D7194No 2003
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- j***n (92)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem arrived quickly and packaged well! Description was accurate and the media was in mint condition. Highly recommend this seller, would buy from again. Thank you.
- c***. (363)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseQuick shipping, exactly as described, safe no damage package- great price rare itemGeneral Electric Air Conditioner Remote Control RG51G6/E-G REMOTE Not Tested (#365378547879)
- o***l (19)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseInitial delivery failed and the item was returned to seller.. so the seller was so kind, helpful and went an extra mile to help fix the problem and had the item resent to me.. very reputable and honest seller..This Listing Is Just For Shipping Charges Because An Item Was Returned By USPS (#365444567890)