The Whalebone Theatre / Joanna Quinn.
"An utterly enchanting, immersive novel about an irrepressible young heroine who becomes an undercover agent during World War II - a sparkling debut, by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593321706
- ISBN: 0593321707
- ISBN: 9780241542835
- ISBN: 0241542839
- Physical Description: 553 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]
Content descriptions
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Genre: | Spy fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 23 of 24 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Neosho Newton County. (Show)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 24 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Neosho Newton - Neosho | QUINN, JOANNA (Text) | 34162002164984 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Camdenton | FIC QUINN (Text) | 31320003898348 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | F QUI 2022 (Text) | 0002205414812 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/07/2024 |
Cass County Library-Pleasant Hill | F QUI 2022 (Text) | 0002205414820 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cedar County - Stockton | FIC QUI HIST.FIC. (Text) | 3482700076343 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Jefferson County Library-Arnold | F QUINN Joanna (Text) | 30061100090790 | Fiction | Available | - |
Jefferson County Library-Northwest | F QUINN Joanna (Text) | 30051100090809 | Fiction | Available | - |
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly | F QUINN (Text) | 2004733896 | Adult Fiction Shelves | Available | - |
Livingston County Library - Main Library | QUINN (Text) | 2601986085 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Morgan County Library | AF QUI (Text) | 35319000092786 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |