{"product_id":"a-great-and-terrible-beauty-9780385732314","title":"A Great and Terrible Beauty","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first book in the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, the exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners series and \u003ci\u003eUnder the Same Stars.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo make things worse, she's been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls--and their foray into the spiritual world--lead to? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A delicious, elegant gothic.\"--\u003ci\u003ePW\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Shivery with both passion and terror.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Compulsively readable.\" --VOYA \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA New York Times Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eA Publishers Weekly Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eA Book Sense Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eBBYA (ALA\/YALSA Best Book for Young Adults)\u003cbr\u003eIowa High School Book Award\u003cbr\u003eGarden State Teen Book Award\u003cbr\u003ePennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Libba Bray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ember\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.26w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385732314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e75342 \/ Great and Terrible Beauty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/21\/2005 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLibba Bray is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of The Gemma Doyle trilogy (\u003ci\u003eA Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, The Sweet Far Thing\u003c\/i\u003e); the Michael L. Printz Award-winning \u003ci\u003eGoing Bovine\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBeauty Queens\u003c\/i\u003e, an L.A. Times Book Prize finalist; The Diviners series; and \u003ci\u003eUnder the Same Stars\u003c\/i\u003e. She is originally from Texas but makes her home in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Libba Bray \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47733815771293,"sku":"9780385732314","price":25.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_3f52beb2-443c-4ebf-a267-ecb9456f1d38.jpg?v=1773736382","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-great-and-terrible-beauty-9780385732314","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}