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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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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2004
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- Titel
- A Northern Light
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Jennifer Donnelly
- Uitgever
- HMH Books for Young Readers
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2004
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 396
- ISBN10
- 0152053107
- ISBN13
- 9780152053109
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Historisch thema, Romantiek, Historische romans, Young Adult, Detectiveverhalen, Familie, Hedendaagse literatuur, Vriendschap, Moorden, 20e Eeuw, Dood, 19e Eeuw, Feminisme, Volwassen worden, Mysterieus, New York, Jongeren
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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.