A Great and Terrible Beauty

by Bray, Libba
ISBN: 9780385732314
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The first book in the critically acclaimed New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, the exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners series and Going Bovine.

It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one.

To make things worse, she's been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls--and their foray into the spiritual world--lead to?

"A delicious, elegant gothic."--PW, Starred

"Shivery with both passion and terror."--Kirkus Reviews

"Compulsively readable." --VOYA

A New York Times Bestseller
A Publishers Weekly Bestseller
A Book Sense Bestseller
BBYA (ALA/YALSA Best Book for Young Adults)
Iowa High School Book Award
Garden State Teen Book Award
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Bray, Libba
  • ISBN: 9780385732314
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.06 x 0.98
  • Number Of Pages: 403
  • Publication Year: 2005

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  • Amazing book series!

    luci h. - 5 years ago

    I absolutely LOVE this book series! Its storyline is amazing and is filled with so many unexpected twists and turns that will keep anyone interested in what will happen next. I have reread this series about a million times - I recommend this series highly. #SpringPicks

  • A Great and Terrible Beauty

    Megan G. - 5 years 10 months ago

    This is an awesome book with twists and turns throughout the whole book. #SummerReading

  • Amazing historical fiction

    Pickup C. - 5 years 10 months ago

    The characters were amazing. They each were so dynamic and realistic - both likable and dislikable at the same time. The plot was so unique and made you crave to know about everything, all the secrets. #SummerReading

  • Spin on magic

    Elizabeth W. - 5 years 11 months ago

    I was reminded how much I love this series. There is such a classy twist on magic being in the Victorian age.