Title: The Marvels
Description: 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.
Subjects: Runaway children, Actors and actresses, Gay men, Adventure and adventurers, Domestic architecture, Recluses, Conservation and restoration, Family life, Fiction, Patients, Shipwreck survival, Adventure stories, Theater, AIDS (Disease), Theaters, Families, Juvenile fiction, Actors, History, Children's fiction, Family, fiction, Theater, fiction, Actors and actresses, fiction, London (england), history, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Family life, fiction, nyt:childrens-middle-grade-hardcover=2015-10-04, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Pictorial works, Adventure fiction
Places: London