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Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text. In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.
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Grave, contemplative, meticulous and nostalgic.
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- rawmeticulous
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Brian Selznick
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 655
- Publisher
- Scholastic Press, Scholastic, Incorporated, Scholastic
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781407166537
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Brian Selznick (born July 14, 1966) is an American illustrator and writer best known as the writer of The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) and The Marvels (2015) and Wonderstruck (2011). He won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration recognizing The Invention of Hugo Cabret.[2][3] He is also known for illustrating children's books such as the covers of Scholastic's 20th-anniversary editions of the Harry Potter series. Photo: By Avery Jensen - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72641789
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