The Resource The Whalebone Theatre, Joanna Quinn
The Whalebone Theatre, Joanna Quinn
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The item The Whalebone Theatre, Joanna Quinn represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nesmith Library.
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- Summary
- "An utterly enchanting, immersive novel about an irrepressible young heroine who becomes an undercover agent during World War II--a sparkling debut, by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking. One blustery night in 1928, a whale washes up on the shores of the English Channel. By law, all whales belong to the King, but twelve-year-old Cristabel Seagrave has other plans. She and the rest of the household and their guests-her sister, Flossie (known affectionately as "The Veg"); her brother Digby, the long-awaited heir to Chilcombe manor; Maudie Kitkat, maidservant; Taras, a hot-tempered visiting artist--build a theatre within the whale's skeleton. Cristabel is an orphan, mostly ignored by her feckless step-parents and brisk governesses. But within the Whalebone Theatre, she is fully at home and in charge, and her imagination comes to life. As Cristabel grows into a headstrong young woman, chafing against expectations, World War II rears its head. She and Digby become British secret agents working undercover in Nazi-Occupied France on separate missions-a more dangerous kind of play-acting, it turns out, and one that threatens to tear the family apart. The Whalebone Theatre is a sweeping, transporting, completely irresistible novel, full of warmth and charm, humor and poignancy, passion and adventure-a story of love, bravery, lost innocence, and self-transformation."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xi, 553 pages
- Note
- "Read with Jenna"--Jacket
- Isbn
- 9780593321706
- Label
- The Whalebone Theatre
- Title
- The Whalebone Theatre
- Statement of responsibility
- Joanna Quinn
- Title variation
- Whalebone Theatre
- Title variation remainder
- a novel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An utterly enchanting, immersive novel about an irrepressible young heroine who becomes an undercover agent during World War II--a sparkling debut, by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking. One blustery night in 1928, a whale washes up on the shores of the English Channel. By law, all whales belong to the King, but twelve-year-old Cristabel Seagrave has other plans. She and the rest of the household and their guests-her sister, Flossie (known affectionately as "The Veg"); her brother Digby, the long-awaited heir to Chilcombe manor; Maudie Kitkat, maidservant; Taras, a hot-tempered visiting artist--build a theatre within the whale's skeleton. Cristabel is an orphan, mostly ignored by her feckless step-parents and brisk governesses. But within the Whalebone Theatre, she is fully at home and in charge, and her imagination comes to life. As Cristabel grows into a headstrong young woman, chafing against expectations, World War II rears its head. She and Digby become British secret agents working undercover in Nazi-Occupied France on separate missions-a more dangerous kind of play-acting, it turns out, and one that threatens to tear the family apart. The Whalebone Theatre is a sweeping, transporting, completely irresistible novel, full of warmth and charm, humor and poignancy, passion and adventure-a story of love, bravery, lost innocence, and self-transformation."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Quinn, Joanna
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6117.U364
- LC item number
- W47 2022
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Orphans
- Women intelligence officers
- Label
- The Whalebone Theatre, Joanna Quinn
- Note
- "Read with Jenna"--Jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xi, 553 pages
- Isbn
- 9780593321706
- Lccn
- 2022004044
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1345067369
- Label
- The Whalebone Theatre, Joanna Quinn
- Note
- "Read with Jenna"--Jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xi, 553 pages
- Isbn
- 9780593321706
- Lccn
- 2022004044
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1345067369
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