Anne Nesbet. Harper, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-196313-1
Nesbet’s auspicious debut novel plunges readers into the story of 13-year-old Maya and her five-year-old brother, James, who are descendants of two feuding families with
expertise in
science and magic. After the siblings’ chemist father receives a
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Anne Nesbet. Harper, $17.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-210429-8
Nesbet’s (A Box of Gargoyles) charming though predictable fantasy introduces Linny, about to turn 12. In her mountain village of Lourka, that milestone will keep her out of danger, since any girlchild who has ever touched a lourka (the village’s...
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Anne Nesbet. Candlewick, $16.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-7636-8803-5
Nesbet’s (The Wrinkled Crown) author’s note (“Some books live on the history shelves, and other books are fiction—but Cloud & Wallfish has deep roots in both”) captures the essence of this intricately detailed story of an American boy forced to move
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Anne Nesbet. Candlewick, $18.99 (448p) ISBN 978-0-7636-8804-2
In this uplifting, multifaceted historical novel set in 1941, Nesbet (Cloud and Wallfish) creates an arrestingly strong and sympathetic character in nearsighted 11-year-old Augusta “Gusta” Hoopes Neubronner. Financial strains force Gusta to leave...
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Anne Nesbet. Candlewick, $18.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-5362-0619-7
In 1914 New Jersey, Daring Darleen, 12-year-old star of silent film adventure serials, makes the same promise to her dear Papa each day before going to work at the family’s Fort Lee film studios: “Feet on the ground.” It’s become a family motto...
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