The Resource The silver star : a novel, Jeannette Walls
The silver star : a novel, Jeannette Walls
- Summary
- Two motherless sisters--Bean and Liz--are shuttled to Virginia, where their Uncle Tinsley lives in the decaying mansion that's been in their family for generations. When school starts in the fall, Bean easily adjusts and makes friends, and Liz becomes increasingly withdrawn. Then something happens to Liz and Bean is left to challenge the injustice of the adult world
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451661507
- Label
- The silver star : a novel
- Title
- The silver star
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeannette Walls
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Two motherless sisters--Bean and Liz--are shuttled to Virginia, where their Uncle Tinsley lives in the decaying mansion that's been in their family for generations. When school starts in the fall, Bean easily adjusts and makes friends, and Liz becomes increasingly withdrawn. Then something happens to Liz and Bean is left to challenge the injustice of the adult world
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- Title
- The silver star
- Summary
- Abandoned by their artist mother at the age of 12, Bean and her older sister, Liz, are sent to live in the decaying antebellum mansion of their widowed uncle, where they learn the truth about their parents and take odd jobs to earn extra money before an increasingly withdrawn Liz has a life-shattering experience
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2013
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10181687
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3623.A3644
- LC item number
- S55 2013
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleStatement
- Jeannette Walls
- Label
- The silver star : a novel, Jeannette Walls
- Related Subjects
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- Women artists
- Family secrets
- Virginia
- Widowers
- Uncle and niece
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence -- Fiction
- Self-discovery in teenagers
- Sisters
- Bildungsromans
- Mainstream fiction
- Mother-deserted children
- Adult books for young adults
- Coming-of-age stories
- Small towns -- Virginia
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Mothers and daughters
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- http://library.link/vocab/cover_art
- https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?type=xw12&client=dougp&isbn=9781451661507&upc=&oclc=ocn827848933/LC.JPG
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- http://library.link/vocab/discovery_link
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- Extent
- 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451661507
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2012050790
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- cat13rev,cat13,cat65rev
- System control number
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- ocn827848933
- (OCoLC)827848933
- 1124426
Subject
- Bildungsromans
- Bildungsromans
- Downloadable Overdrive ebooks
- Electronic books
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Adult books for young adults
- Coming-of-age stories
- Family secrets
- Mainstream fiction
- Mother-deserted children
- Mothers and daughters
- Self-discovery in teenagers
- Sisters
- Small towns -- Virginia
- Uncle and niece
- Virginia
- Widowers
- Women artists
Genre
- Bildungsromans
- Downloadable Overdrive ebooks
- Electronic books
- Fiction
- Adult books for young adults
- Coming-of-age stories
- Mainstream fiction
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Awards
Awards of The silver star : a novel, Jeannette Walls- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2013
Library Locations
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