A Great and Terrible Beauty (Readers Circle)
A Victorian boarding school story, a Gothic mansion mystery, a gossipy romp about a clique of girlfriends, and a dark other-worldly fantasy--jumble them all together and you have this complicated and unusual first novel.
Gemma, 16, has had an unconventional upbringing in India, until the day she foresees her mother?s death in a black, swirling vision that turns out to be true. Sent...
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Top tags: young adult, fantasy, historical fiction, magic, fiction
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