Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance - Brossura

Jocelyn, Marthe

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0887767672 ISBN 13: 9780887767678

Casa editrice: Tundra Books, 2006

Riassunto

Winner of the 2005 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award


It is 1901 and Mable Riley dreams of adventure and of becoming a writer. When her older sister leaves home to become a schoolmistress in the small town of Stratford, Ontario, Mable is sent along too. Mable hopes her new world will be full of peril and romance. But life at the Goodhand Farm (where the sisters board), is as humdrum as the one she’s left behind.

Then Mable encounters the mysterious Mrs. Rattle, a peculiar widow with a taste for upsetting the townspeople with her strange opinions. Mrs. Rattle is a real writer, and Mable eagerly accepts her invitation to a meeting of the Ladies Reading Society. But the ladies are not discussing books at all, and Mable may soon have more peril than she’d bargained for!

Composed of the letters Mable sends home, the poems she writes for her classmates, and chapters from her own work-in-progress, Mable Riley is the funny, inspiring, (and reliable) record of a young girl finding her voice, and the courage to make it heard.


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Informazioni sull?autore

Marthe Jocelyn is an award-winning author and illustrator who worked for many years as a toy designer before turning her hand to writing. She has written six novels, including the critically acclaimed works of historical fiction, Mable Riley and Earthly Astonishments. Jocelyn has also written a nonfiction account of the Foundling Hospital in London, England, entitled, A Home for Foundlings. She has created eight picture books, one of which, Hannah’s Collections, was shortlisted for a Governor General’s Literary Award for Illustration. Jocelyn has also edited two collections of short stories. Marthe Jocelyn divides her time between New York and Stratford, Ontario.


From the Hardcover edition.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Tundra Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0887767672
• ISBN 13: 9780887767678
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile