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A Northern Light


Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder.

Set in 1906 against t... More
Book Information
Publisheraudible.com
BindingAudio Download (25 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-10B0000YSMM4
Publication Date01/01/1901
The Creators
About Jennifer Donnelly (Author) : Jennifer Donnelly is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Jennifer Donnelly include A Northern Light (Unabridged), Humble Pie, Wuthering Heigh... more
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Reader Comments
1/25/2010 Mary Sandford said: I could not put this book down. Switching from the beginning of the story to near the end until the two times met really made the story compelling. I will be thinking about Mattie, Weaver, Emmie and Grace Brown for a long time.
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9/19/2009 Nicole Redmond said: One of my all-time favorites ~ the reason I started reading historical fiction. Thank you Ms. Donnelly. I didn't want this one to end. I have read her adult novels, and feel the same with every one of them. A must read for any young woman.
tags: I recommend, Inspired me, I read

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6/23/2009 julia b tagged as: I read

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12/23/2008 Ali B said: 48462
tags: historical

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12/22/2008 Cathy Voelker said: Beautifully written.
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6/26/2008 autumn moody said: a good mystery that was solved.
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6/24/2008 Kelly Sonnack said: Wonderful characters - you get to know this family and this community so intimately that small things are said and done that have such huge emotional resonance, you barely know what to do with yourself.
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11/22/2007 Patti Kurtz said: Lovely book, very poetically written-- and the author's a cool lady too!
tags: I recommend, Inspired me, I read

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8/31/2007 Amy Moreno tagged as: I Read

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