The Whalebone Theatre : a novel
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| North Bay Public Library | FIC cataloging | 9780593321706 | Stacks | Cataloging | - |
| North Bay Public Library | FIC H Quinn | 33874005512594 | Adult - Fiction | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 9780593321706 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
553 p. ; 25 cm.
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- Edition: 1st American ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
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| Summary, etc.: | "One blustery night in 1928, a whale washes up on ... Read More |
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| Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Great Britain Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements France Fiction |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Spy fiction. |
Summary:
"One blustery night in 1928, a whale washes up on the shores of theEnglish 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."--
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