A Corner of White (2013) (edit title/settings)

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• Madeleine Tully: 14 years old; she and her mother moved to Cambridge about 8 months ago; Pisces; homeschooled with Belle and Jack; can compel people; Lives in The World; she has been getting bloody noses lately (thinks they are due to allergies)
• Holly Tully: Madeleine's mother; she and her daughter moved to Cambridge about 8 months ago; seamstress; works hard; barely scrapes by...beans for dinner again; wants to compete/win a quiz show to help with finances; but when she plays the quiz show at home--she does not get the answers right; English teacher for the homeschooled three; can compel people;
• Elliot Baranski: 15 years old; lives in Bonfire; wants to take a trip to the Lake of Spells; wants to capture the Spell Locator; he is often out of town (on quests to find his dad who has been missing for a year); his mother convinces him to stay for a little while; The Farms; sends letters to Madeleine.
• Petra: Elliiot's mother; misses Elliot; had to rent out her husband's shop...to make ends meet
• Princess Ko: one of the Princess Sisters; she is 15 years old; one of the rulers of Kingdom Cello
• Giacomo "Jack" Cagnetti: 15 years old; homeschooled with Belle and Madeleine; Aries; gets warts
• Annabelle "Belle" Pettifields: Libra; Jack calls her daft; homeschooled with Jack and Madeleine; reads auras
• Sheriff Hector Samuels: Sheriff of Bonfire; getting ready to welcome the Selectors
• Frederico Cagnetti: Jack's grandfather; History teacher for the homeschooled three; also a porter at Trinity College
• Darshana Charan: former microbiologist; math and sciene teacher for the homeschooled three (in exchange for babysitting her two children); also a bedder (cleaner) at Cambridge
• Alanna Baranski: owner-manager of Watermelon Inn; Elliot's aunt; Corrie-Lynn's mother
• Corrie-Lynn Baranski: daughter of Alanna
• Charles Babbage: name that Belle drew (when the teacher was handing out people assignments) Babbage invented the computer (or attempted to build some prototypes of them)
• Jimmy Hawthorn: compiling info on missing persons; seems all the surrounding towns are also sending him more info on missing persons daily
• Princess Jupiter: one of the Princess Sisters; she is 14 years old; one of the rulers of Kingdom Cello
• Queen Lyra: Queen of Cello; mother to the Princess Sisters
• King Cetus: King of Cello; father to the Princess Sisters
• Prince Chyba: brother to the Princess Sisters
• Prince Tippett: brother to the Princess Sisters
• Bartholomew Twickleham: he and his family are from Olde Quainte; his family is just moving to town; the family will be leasing the Baranski flat (above the shop) and will be running the shop
• Fleta Twickleham: wife to Bartholomew; child is Derrin
• Derrin Twickleham: child to Fleta and Bartholomew;
• Clover Mackie: town seamstress; makes great banana cake

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• “Jack had gathered these names together by the stems; he'd arranged them in a vase that he kept to the right of his mind. At night, before he fell asleep, he'd breathe in the fragrance of each, the details that Madeleine had shared.”

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• “It was a strange new addiction, but the fact was, facts took her sideways so she didn't have to think.”

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• “She could never unlock, untangle, decipher, get through....She was trapped and they would never get home.”

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Cambridge: Tullys, Cagnettis, and Baranskis live here
• Cello: Kingdom; includes: Bonfire, Lightning, Farms, Applecart, Turquoise, Rialto (and maybe a few more) -- citizens/visitors should be careful; attacks of Grays, Violets, etc. happen in the kingdom--but don't let these possible color attacks keep you from visiting this fair kingdom
• Bonfire: Baranskis live here
• Bakery Cafe
• Waterstones: during English class, they often met in a cafe/bookshop here
• Watermelon Inn: Alanna is the owner/manager
• Abel Baranski Electronics Repair: on Broad Street; between the veterinarian and barber; the Twicklehams came to town to run/lease it (since Abel disappeared...it has gone idle)
• Olde Quainte: the Twicklehams came from here
• Toadstool Pub

Organizations edit see section history

• Cambridge University: Darshana works here
• Bonfire Pumpkin Committee: in charge of the pumpkin pyramid in Bonfire
• Bonfire Grade School: the three children used to go here--they are homeschooled now
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): Add a description of this organization.
• Trinity College: Frederico works here
• Netherhalls
• The Selectors: these important people were coming to visit until the Colors attacked (the Sheriff got caught in the crossfire)
• Facebook: Jack suggests Madeleine remain in contact with her father by using this site
• Skype: Jack suggests Madeleine remain in contact with her father by using this site
• Emerald Carriage
• Abel Baranski Electronics Repair

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Glossary edit see section history

• Colors: living organisms; a kind of rogue subclass of the colors that we see when we look at a red apple or blue sky; some are sweeter (i.e. fourth-level Pinks and second-level Greens); others are dangerous (i.e. Lemon Yellow which can kill off or blind an entire city; family members have been lost due to attacks of Gray or splashes of Violet; etc. It's best never to underestimate the Colors.
• LOL: laugh out loud
• philematology: science of kissing

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• Coming-of-Age: Describe this theme.

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jaclyn Moriarty (Author)

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• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
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