These Shallow Graves

Zusatztext Praise for These Shallow Graves : An Amelia Bloomer Project Award Book ? “ These Shallow Graves succeeds as a wonderfully paced thriller! a heart-pounding romance and an unflinching look at the hard choices one young woman must make when society disparages her dreams.” - Shelf Awareness ! Starred Review ? "Fast-paced and thrilling... a smart! insightful! timely depiction of a young woman poised on the brink of a new world after the shattering of another."- Booklist ! Starred Review ? " Action-packed chapters propel this compelling mystery ...[and] the injustices Donnelly highlights remain all too relevant."- Publishers Weekly ! Starred Review " A beautifully written mystery. "- SLJ "[A] fast-paced thriller...the story races to its surprising conclusion ."- Kirkus Reviews " A heroine you can't help cheering on. "- The Horn Book " A twisted tale of secrets! murder! love! and revenge. This historical thriller delivers. ..[and] Donnelly will keep you on the edge of your seat with this fast-paced! tightly written page turner."-USAToday.com "Donnelly returns with a powerhouse of a whodunit. Her eighth novel strikes hard against poverty! sexism! classism! and gree! driving as relentlessly as Jo in her pursuit of truth and freedom."-BookPage.com " These Shallow Graves delivered all that I adore: lovely prose! historical intrigue! unique characters and setting . I devoured this book!"-Ruta Sepetys! New York Times bestselling author of Between Shades of Gray and Salt to the Sea " An intelligent! personable heroine -Jo Montfort's hopes for an enlightened future uncover a dark past! resulting in a splendidly hair-raising tour of the brightest and darkest corners of Victorian New York."-Elizabeth Wein! New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity and Black Dove! White Raven "Jo Montfort is a gutsy modern heroine in a beguiling tale of old New York . Money! murder! betrayal! and family secrets....I loved spending time in this world!"-Elizabeth Ross! author of William C. Morris Award finalist Belle Epoque " A fast-paced Gilded Age crime thriller that plunges its intrepid investigative-journalist heroine into the sordid underworld of nineteenth-century New York City and into her own family's dark secrets."-Julie Berry! award-winning author of All the Truth That's In Me Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Donnelly is the author of three adult novels! The Tea Rose ! The Winter Rose ! and The Wild Rose ! as well as the young adult novels These Shallow Graves ! Revolution ! Stepsister ! and A Northern Light ! winner of Britain's prestigious Carnegie Medal! the L.A. Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature! and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award. She lives and writes full-time in upstate New York. You can visit her at jenniferdonnelly.com or find @JenWritesBooks on Twitter. Klappentext From Jennifer Donnelly! the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of A Northern Light and Revolution! comes a mystery about dark secrets! dirty truths! and the lengths to which people will go for love and revenge. For fans of Elizabeth George and Libba Bray! These Shallow Graves is the story of how much a young woman is willing to risk and lose in order to find the truth. Jo Montfort is beautiful and rich! and soon-like all the girls in her class-she'll graduate from finishing school and be married off to a wealthy bachelor. Which is the last thing she wants. Jo dreams of becoming a writer-a newspaper reporter like the trailblazing Nellie Bly. Wild aspirations aside!...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jennifer Donnelly
• Verlag: Delacorte Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781101931264
• ISBN: 978-1-101-93126-4
• Seiten: 484
• Abmessung: 155 mm x 228 mm x 32 mm
• Thema: Kinder- und Jugendbücher > Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre