01560cam a2200373 i 4500 243202867 TxAuBib 20150929120000.0 150615s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015023161 9780545448680 0545448689 TxAuBib rda Selznick, Brian,. The Marvels / Brian Selznick. New York : Scholastic Press, 2015. ©0. 665 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text. In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences. 770 Lexile. 20150929. Survival after aircraft accidents, shipwrecks, etc Juvenile fiction. . Families England London Juvenile fiction. Actors England London Juvenile fiction. Theatrical companies England London Juvenile fiction. Adventure fiction.