A Great and Terrible Beauty
Readers rate it 3.7 (281 on Hardcover)
416 pages · Released Jun 30, 2005 · Gardners Books
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A Great and Terrible Beauty parent’s guide: what’s inside
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A Great and Terrible Beauty is a gothic fantasy set in a Victorian boarding school where girls discover access to a magical realm. While marketed to young adults, it contains dark themes, supernatural horror elements, and some mature content that pushes it toward the older end of the YA spectrum. The story emphasizes friendship, self-discovery, and standing up against oppressive systems, but parents should know it deals with trauma, loss, and occasionally disturbing imagery.
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- Magic, fiction
- Supernatural, fiction
- Schools, fiction
- England, fiction
- Children's fiction
- Book club
- boarding school
- dark
- Fiction
- Young Adult
- Fantasy
- Adventure
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ISBN 9780689875342 · Gardners Books