At the sign of the star.Katherine Sturtevant. 2000/2002. Read by Emily Gray. 3 tapes. 4 hrs. Recorded Books. #97068. 1-4025-2021-2. $29.00. Vinyl; plot, reader notes. J Readers and listeners who have enjoyed Karen Cushman's historical novels will enjoy this as well. Meg is a spunky spunk·y adj. spunk·i·er, spunk·i·est Informal Spirited; plucky. spunk  i·ly adv. young woman
who has worked in her father's 1677 London bookshop so long, and
read so much, that she is decidedly independent. When her widowed father
marries again, Meg worries that she will lose her inheritance, her
father's bookshop. The picture of family life mixed with the works
of real authors, dramatists, and actual literary works brings this to
life. Among the dramatists whose work Meg reads is Aphra Behn Aphra Behn (July 10, 1640 – April 16, 1689) was a prolific dramatist of the Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing participated in the amatory fiction genre of British literature. , who had
more than a dozen of her plays produced in the Restoration Period.
Gray has a delightful girlish girl·ish adj. Characteristic of or befitting a girl: girlish charm. girl ish·ly adv. voice that can accommodate everyone
from Meg, age 12, to the much older adults in the tale, both male and
female. The Author's Note that ends the printed text should have
been included on these tapes; it answers questions that many listeners
will probably have at the end of the story. Mary I Mary I, 1516–58, queen of EnglandMary I (Mary Tudor), 1516–58, queen of England (1553–58), daughter of Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragón. Purucker. Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. P.L., Beverly Hills, CA |
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