A Great and Terrible Beauty
by Libba Bray • Book 1 of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy
It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 2003
Word Count 95,605
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 700L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 75342, 14.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Lists With This Book
- Exploring Victorian England
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