Changes to The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray

Celery Blackthorn edited the quotations of The Sweet Far Thing Wednesday, September 23 2009.

Added a quotation: “By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.”Macbeth
Added a quotation: “Protecting your lady love?”Fowlson
Added a quotation: “Why do ladies refuse to say when they are angry? Is it a skill they teach you? It's terribly confusing.”Kartik

Celery Blackthorn edited the characters of The Sweet Far Thing Wednesday, September 23 2009.

Edited the description of Gemma Doyle: Controler of all of all of the magic in the relams. Doesn't know where she fits in to the world.
Edited the description of Kartik: Former Rakshana brother. Gemma's friend. Trys to what is best for Gemma
Edited the description of Ann Bradshaw: a governess that wants to be an actress. Gemma, Pip, and Fee's friend.
Edited the description of Pippa Cross: A Winterland creature. Deceased. Fee's best friend. Gemma and Ann's friend
Added the description of Amar: Kartik's brother. Rakshana brother. Gemma's mother's protector. Deceased. Winterland creature. Rides a great white stallion through the Winterlands.
marked the description of Amar as not a spoiler

Celery Blackthorn edited the quotations of The Sweet Far Thing Monday, September 21 2009.

Celery Blackthorn edited the quotations of The Sweet Far Thing Monday, September 21 2009.

Nicole N edited the summary of The Sweet Far Thing Tuesday, August 4 2009.

This book takes place in the early 1900's in India then England. Gemma Doyle is thrown into an unknown world of magic and chaos when her mother is killed by a strange thing she sees in a vision. After her mothers death Gemma is sent to a finishing school so she can be married and have kids. But once there Gemma's magic becomes stronger and harder to control. Gemma begins to ask an art teacher who is willing to disobey the schools rules just so the students can get some fresh air, about mysterious paintings on the wall of a cave she takes the class to. Then people begin to think she is strange. But a couple of days later Gemma ends up taking three of her friends to the magic world with her. But then her friends dont want to stop going to the magic world. Gemma begins to worry if her friends are being corupted by the magic they are able to do in the magic world. Gemma also ends up seeing her mother again in the magic world. Her mother is there to try and protect Gemma from the shadow creatures that lurk beond the mountain.

Shelfari edited the description of The Sweet Far Thing Friday, July 31 2009.

IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father a laudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds. The Order - the mysterious group her mother was once part of - is grappling for control of the realms, as is the Rakshana. Spence's burned East Wing is being rebuilt, but why now? Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same. And their friendship faces its gravest trial as Gemma must decide once and for all what role she is meant for.

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Jenny N edited the quotations of The Sweet Far Thing Tuesday, July 28 2009.

Added a quotation: “And when it is too much for our eyes to take, we build a new illusion to shield us from its relentless truth.”Gemma Doyle

Jenny N edited the characters of The Sweet Far Thing Tuesday, July 28 2009.

Jenny N edited the first sentence of The Sweet Far Thing Tuesday, July 28 2009.

The night was cold and dismal, and out on the Thames, the rivermen cursed their luck.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Sweet Far Thing Tuesday, July 21 2009.

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