Thornhill / Pam Smy.
By: Smy, Pam [author,, illustrator.].
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First American edition.Description: 533 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781626726543; 162672654X.Subject(s): Bullying -- Juvenile fiction | Bullying -- Fiction | Orphanages -- Juvenile fiction | Selective mutism -- Juvenile fiction | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction | Puppets -- Juvenile fiction | Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile fiction | Cartoons and comics -- Fiction | Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction | Comic books, strips, etc -- Fiction | Ghosts -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction | Ghosts -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Fiction | Conduct of life -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Fiction | Conduct of life -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction | Orphanages -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction | Orphanages -- Comic books, strips, etc | Puppets -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Fiction | Puppets -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction | Bullying -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Fiction | Bullying -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Ghost stories. | Mystery fiction. | Graphic novels, Juvenile. | Ghost stories -- Juvenile fiction. | Ghost stories -- Fiction.Additional physical formats: Online version:: ThornhillAwards: A Junior Library Guild selection.Summary: "Parallel plotlines set in different times, one told in text and one in art, inform each other as a young girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door"--Summary: 1982: Mary is a lonely orphan at the Thornhill Institute For Children at the very moment that it's shutting its doors. When her few friends are all adopted or re-homed and she's left to face a volatile bully alone, her revenge will have a lasting effect on the bully, on Mary, and on Thornhill itself.Summary: 2016: Ella has just moved to a new town where she knows no one. From her room on the top floor of her new home, she has a perfect view of the dilapidated, abandoned Thornhill Institute across the way, where she glimpses a girl in the window. Determined to befriend the girl, Ella resolves to unravel Thornhill's shadowy past.Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Ferry Ave. | Fiction | Young Adult | Y Smy (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 05000008959426 | |||
Book | Haddon Twp. | Fiction | Young Adult | Y Smy (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 05000008708476 | |||
Book | Voorhees | Fiction | Young Adult | Y Smy (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 05000008708393 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Parallel stories set in different times, one told in prose and one in pictures, converge as a girl unravels the mystery of the abandoned Thornhill Institute next door.
1982: Mary is a lonely orphan at the Thornhill Institute For Children at the very moment that it's shutting its doors. When her few friends are all adopted or re-homed and she's left to face a volatile bully alone, her revenge will have a lasting effect on the bully, on Mary, and on Thornhill itself.
2017: Ella has just moved to a new town where she knows no one. From her room on the top floor of her new home, she has a perfect view of the dilapidated, abandoned Thornhill Institute across the way, where she glimpses a girl in the window. Determined to befriend the girl and solidify the link between them, Ella resolves to unravel Thornhill's shadowy past.
Told in alternating, interwoven plotlines--Mary's through intimate diary entries and Ella's in bold, striking art--Pam Smy's Thornhill is a haunting exploration of human connection, filled with suspense.
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017
A New York City Public Library Notable Best Book for Kids
A 2018 ALSC Notable Children's Book
A VOYA Top of the Shelf Pick
"Parallel plotlines set in different times, one told in text and one in art, inform each other as a young girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door"--
1982: Mary is a lonely orphan at the Thornhill Institute For Children at the very moment that it's shutting its doors. When her few friends are all adopted or re-homed and she's left to face a volatile bully alone, her revenge will have a lasting effect on the bully, on Mary, and on Thornhill itself.
2016: Ella has just moved to a new town where she knows no one. From her room on the top floor of her new home, she has a perfect view of the dilapidated, abandoned Thornhill Institute across the way, where she glimpses a girl in the window. Determined to befriend the girl, Ella resolves to unravel Thornhill's shadowy past.
A Junior Library Guild selection.