Bray, Libba. A Great and Terrible Beauty. New York: Random House Children's Books, 2003. Print. ISBN: 9780385732314. $16.99. 432 pages.
Awards & Honors:
Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award Nominee 2007
ALA Best Book for Young Adults 2004
New York Times Bestseller 2004
Annotation:
Gemma Doyle is sixteen, grew up in India, and watched her mom die, so now that she has moved to a boarding school in England, she is hoping for a calmer life, but soon she starts having visions and is led into a world of secrets. A Great and Terrible Beauty is an impressive first book by author Libba Bray and should find a place in every library.
Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award Nominee 2007
ALA Best Book for Young Adults 2004
New York Times Bestseller 2004
Annotation:
Gemma Doyle is sixteen, grew up in India, and watched her mom die, so now that she has moved to a boarding school in England, she is hoping for a calmer life, but soon she starts having visions and is led into a world of secrets. A Great and Terrible Beauty is an impressive first book by author Libba Bray and should find a place in every library.
Book Talk Technique: The Index Card Trick
- Victorian
- Murder
- Forbidden Love
- Boarding School
- Gypsies
- Fairies
- Paranormal
- Friendship
- Magic
- New Worlds
- India
- Visions
- Beauty
- Mystery
Find the Kindle version here.
Find the NOOK version here.
Read Libba Bray's hilarous blog here.
A Great and Terrible Beauty is the first book in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy. If you like it, you should also read Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing.
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