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A great and terrible beauty

After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bray, Libba
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Delacorte Press, 2004.
Subjects:	Magic > Young adult fiction. Supernatural > Young adult fiction.. Boarding schools > Young adult fiction. Schools > Young adult fiction. England > Social life and customs > 19th century > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:	After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.
Physical Description:	403 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0385730284 (trade)
Author Notes:	Libba Bray was born in Alabama on March 11, 1964. She grew up in Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988. She moved to New York City and worked in the publicity department of Penguin Putnam, followed by three years at Spier, an advertising agency specializing in book advertising. Before writing young adult novels, she wrote three books for 17th Street Press using a pseudonym. She is the author of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy, Going Bovine and The Diviners. (Bowker Author Biography)