- Fiction, Kidnapping victims, Orphans, Boarding schools
A tale about five orphans raised in a strict British boarding school who begin to discover that they may not be human beings. The students at the school do not age, while the world around them does.
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Grave, cool, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- John C. Wright
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 327
- Publisher
- Tor Science Fiction, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom, Tor
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780765311313
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John C. Wright (John Charles Justin Wright, born 1961) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels.
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