Cornelia and the audacious escapades of the Somerset sisters
Cornelia, eleven-years-old and lonely, learns about language and life from an elderly new neighbor who has many stories to share about the fabulous adventures she and her sisters had while traveling around the world. Eleven-year-old Cornelia is the daughter of two world-famous pianists - a legacy th...
| Main Author: | Blume, Lesley M. M. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Knopf,
c2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: |
Cornelia, eleven-years-old and lonely, learns about language and life from an elderly new neighbor who has many stories to share about the fabulous adventures she and her sisters had while traveling around the world. Eleven-year-old Cornelia is the daughter of two world-famous pianists - a legacy that should feel fabulous, but instead feels just plain lonely. She surrounds herself with dictionaries and other books to isolate herself from the outside world. But when a glamorous neighbor named Virginia Somerset moves next door with her servant Patel and a mischievous French bulldog named Mister Kinyatta, Cornelia discovers that the world is a much more exciting place than she had originally thought. |
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| Physical Description: |
264 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0375835237 9780375835230 0375935231 (lib. bdg.) 9780375935237 (lib. bdg.) |
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