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The Whalebone Theatre / Joanna Quinn.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593321706
- ISBN: 0593321707
- Physical Description: xi, 553 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso. "Read with Jenna"--Jacket. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > Great Britain > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France > Fiction. Orphans > Fiction. Women intelligence officers > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. War fiction. Spy fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 34 of 41 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 2 current holds with 41 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albright Memorial Library | FICTION QUINN (Text) | 50686016232212 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | F QUI (Text) | 33240005152908 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashland Public Library | FIC QUI (Text)
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In Memory of Ann F. Snyder
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30399000366411 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Bangor Public Library | F QUI (Text) | 75011000397429 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Boyertown Community Library | QUI (Text) | 33249025676754 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults QUI Fiction (Text) | 34001001425972 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Ellwood City Area Public Library | FIC Quinn (Text) | 32102000908026 | ECAM New Fiction | Available | - |
| Exeter Community Library | QUI (Text) | 33249025356951 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Fleetwood Area Public Library | QUI (Text) | 33249024371167 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Galeton Public Library | F QUI (Text) | 30243000379966 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
