{"product_id":"a-great-and-terrible-beauty-paperback","title":"A Great and Terrible Beauty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLibba Bray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book in the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, USA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, the exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners series and \u003ci\u003eGoing Bovine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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. To 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLibba Bray is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of t\u003ci\u003ehe Gemma Doyle\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy (\u003ci\u003eA Great and Terrible Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRebel Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eL.A. Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize finalist; and \u003ci\u003eThe Diviners\u003c\/i\u003e series. She is originally from Texas but makes her home in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, son, and two sociopathic cats. Visit her at www.libbabray.com and at @libbabray on Twitter and Instagram.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 403\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.06 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Great and Terrible Beauty\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755682070816,"sku":"9780385732314","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/abe5764f28be600b741d7db49fe9999e.webp?v=1780065715","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-great-and-terrible-beauty-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}