ISBN: 0545922127 9780545922128

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational

Page count: 672

Don't miss Selznick's other novels in words and pictures, <i>The Invention of Hugo Cabret</i> and <i>Wonderstruck</i>, which together with <i>The Marvels</i>, form an extraordinary thematic trilogy!<p></p><b>A breathtaking new voyage from Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick.</b>Two stand-alone stories--the first in nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, the second in prose--create a beguiling narrative puzzle.The journey begins at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage.Nearly a century later, runaway Joseph Jervis seeks refuge with an uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits and ghostly presences, captivates Joseph and leads him on a search for clues about the house, his family, and the past.A gripping adventure and an intriguing invitation to decipher how the two stories connect, <i>The Marvels</i> is a loving tribute to the power of story from an artist at the vanguard of creative innovation.