Parade of Shadows
At the dawn of the Young Turk Revolution, an English girl goes on the adventure of a lifetime For years Julia has stared at her globe, dreaming of countries on the other side of the earth. In 1907, when her father is assigned to go on a diplomatic mission to the exotic Ottoman Empire, Julia begs him not to leave her alone in the house that has been empty since her mother died. Although Julia is only sixteen and young women rarely travel abroad, her father relents. She will accompany him on his trip-seeing sights she never dreamed of that will change her life forever. The land of the Turks is in the first days of a rebellion, and Julia's fathe…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4976-7387-8
- EAN: 9781497673878
- Produktnummer: 31925238
- Verlag: Open Road Media Teen & Tween
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 297 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Sonstiges: Ab 7 - 9 J.
Über den Autor
Gloria Whelan is a poet, short story writer, and novelist best known for her children's and young adult fiction. Whelan has been writing since childhood and was the editor of her high school newspaper. Many of her books are set in Michigan, but she also writes about faraway places based on her travels abroad. In 2000 she won the National Book Award for her young adult novel Homeless Bird. Her other works have earned places among the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults, the International Reading Association's Teachers' Choices and Children's Choices, Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, and Los Angeles' 100 Best Books. Whelan has also received the Mark Twain Award and the O. Henry Award. She lives in Detroit, Michigan.
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