01876cam a2200445 i 4500 442925395 TxAuBib 20200101120000.0 150615s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015023161 9780545448680 0545448689 NJQ/DLC eng NJQ rda DLC TxAuBib rda Selznick, Brian. The Marvels / Brian Selznick. First edition. New York : Scholastic Press, 2015. 391 unnumbered pages, 665 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier 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. 20200101. Families England London History Juvenile fiction. Actors England London Juvenile fiction. Theater England London Juvenile fiction. Adventure stories. Family life England London Fiction. Actors and actresses Fiction. Adventure and adventurers Fiction. Theaters Fiction. London (England) Juvenile fiction. London (England) History Fiction. Great Britain History Fiction. Adventure fiction.