Alice by heart
Sater, Steven2020
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London, 1940. Amidst the rubble of the Blitz of World War II, 15-year-old Alice Spencer and her best friend, Alfred, are forced to take shelter in an underground tube station. Sick with tuberculosis, Alfred is quarantined, with doctors saying he won't make it through the night. In her desperation to keep him holding on, Alice turns to their favourite pastime: recalling the book that bonded them, and telling the story that she knows by heart - the story of Alice in Wonderland. What follows is a stunning, fantastical journey that blends Alice's two worlds: her war-ravaged homeland being held together by nurses and soldiers and Winston Churchill, and her beloved Wonderland, a welcome distraction from the bombs and the death, but a place where one rule always applies: the pages must keep turning. But then the lines between these two worlds begin to blur.
Main title:
Alice by heart / Steven Sater.
Author:
Sater, Steven, author
Imprint:
New York : Razorbill, 2020.
Collation:
288 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:
Adolescent.
ISBN:
9780451478139 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6YA
LC class:
PZ7.1.S2649
Local class:
YAF
Language:
English
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BRN:
2678301
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