| Description |
xiii, 843 pages (large print) ; 24 cm |
| Physical Medium |
large print rdamat |
| Summary |
"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."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
"Read with Jenna"--cover. |
| 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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Orphans -- Fiction.
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Women intelligence officers -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
War fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Spy fiction.
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Large type books.
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| Added Title |
Whalebone Theater |
| ISBN |
9780593663707 |
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0593663705 |
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