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1 sound file : digital |
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"This is a Borzoi Book" |
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Electronic audio file. |
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"An utterly enchanting, immersive novel about an irrepressible young heroine who becomes an undercover agent during World War II-a sparkling debut, by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking. One blustery night in 1928, a whale washes up on the shores of the English Channel. By law, all whales belong to the King, but twelve-year-old Cristabel Seagrave has other plans. She and the rest of the household and their guests-her sister, Flossie (known affectionately as "The Veg"); her brother Digby, the long-awaited heir to Chilcombe manor; Maudie Kitkat, maidservant; Taras, a hot-tempered visiting artist-build a theatre within the whale's skeleton. Cristabel is an orphan, mostly ignored by her feckless step-parents and brisk governesses. But within the Whalebone Theatre, she is fully at home and in charge, and her imagination comes to life. As Cristabel grows into a headstrong young woman, chafing against expectations, World War II rears its head. She and Digby become British secret agents working undercover in Nazi-Occupied France on separate missions-a more dangerous kind of play-acting, it turns out, and one that threatens to tear the family apart. The Whalebone Theatre is a sweeping, transporting, completely irresistible novel, full of warmth and charm, humor and poignancy, passion and adventure-a story of love, bravery, lost innocence, and self-transformation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York Books on Tape 2022 Available via World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Fiction.
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Spy fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Novels.
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Electronic audio books.
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OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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| Added Title |
The Whalebone Theater |
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Online version: Quinn, Joanna, 1976- Whalebone Theatre. First American edition New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022] 9780593321713 (DLC) 2022004045 |
| ISBN |
9780593627754 (electronic audio bk.) |
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