Braving the Brontes (Carly Keene Literary Detective) - Softcover

Rue, Katherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 098981663X ISBN 13: 9780989816632

Publisher: In This Together Media, 2014

Synopsis

Spunky young Alaskan Carly Keene and her best friend Francesca have never met a book they didn't like. But they've never been in a book before. Carly Keene: Braving the Brontes is the funny and heartwarming story of a young reader caught up in the adventure of a book lover's lifetime. A chance nap in a magical bookstore sends Carly spiraling back in time. When she wakes up, it's 1846, everyone thinks her name is Caroline, and a young woman named Charlotte Bronte is trying to compose one of the greatest books ever written... Jane Eyre. And that's not all. Maria, the spirit of the Bronte sisters' dead sibling, is haunting Carly, telling her that Charlotte's got to finish her book--or else. With literary history on the line, Carly Keene will battle foggy moors, ghostly apparitions, cholera epidemics, and the horror that is nineteenth-century homework: needlework, French, needlework, German, and more needlework. It's as much as a spunky 21st-century girl can handle, but if anyone can brave the Brontes, it's Carly Keene.

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Gr 4–6—Carly Keene and her best friend Francesca are avid readers and remain constantly on the lookout for adventure. When they see a mysterious alley they walk right down it and stumble upon an old, dusty bookstore. What could be more perfect? While reading a first edition of Jane Eyre, Carly is whisked back to the Yorkshire moors and into the household of the Brontë family. She is thrilled that her wish for an adventure has finally come true, but also finds grappling with 1840s customs—lots of rote memorization during lesson time, hemming sheets, and the belief that young ladies should not voice their feelings or opinions—a bit challenging. The magic of Carly's time travel isn't fully-developed, but perhaps later books in the series will delve deeper into the mechanics. Carly is visited by the ghost of Maria Brontë, who tells her that she can't return to her own time until she gets the remaining sisters to express themselves through their writing. This proves to be a daunting task, and it takes several family arguments and a few long walks on the moors to get things rolling. Voracious readers who share Carly's wish to end up in a literary adventure will enjoy exploring the world of the literary sisters.—Gesse Stark-Smith, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR

Edition details

• Publisher: In This Together Media
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 098981663X
• ISBN 13: 9780989816632
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Guarracino Nick
• Number of pages: 262