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- 396 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
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Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. 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 the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder.Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing debut novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original.Includes a reader's guide and an interview with the author.
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A Northern Light, Jennifer Donnelly
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- Publicado en
- 2004
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- Título
- A Northern Light
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Jennifer Donnelly
- Editorial
- HMH Books for Young Readers
- Publicado en
- 2004
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 396
- ISBN10
- 0152053107
- ISBN13
- 9780152053109
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Ficción, Tema histórico, Romance, Novelas históricas, Narrativa juvenil, Novelas de crimen, Familia, Ficción contemporánea, Amistad, Asesinatos, Siglo XX, Muerte, Siglo XIX, Feminismo, Madurez, Misterioso, Nueva York, Jóvenes
- Descripción
- Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. 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 the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder.Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing debut novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original.Includes a reader's guide and an interview with the author.