01500cam a2200301 4500 1147886257 TxAuBib ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2015023161 9780545448680 0545448689 TxAuBib Selznick, Brian, illustrator. The Marvels / Brian Selznick. First edition. New York : Scholastic Press, 2015. 665 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. 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. Actors England London Juvenile fiction. Families England London Juvenile fiction. Homosexuality Juvenile fiction. Survival after aircraft accidents, shipwrecks, etc Juvenile fiction. Theatrical companies England London Juvenile fiction. London (England) Social life and customs 18th century Juvenile fiction. Action and adventure fiction.