A northern light

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The work A northern light represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Culver-Union Township Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

A northern light

Statement of responsibility

Jennifer Donnelly

Title variation

Gathering light

Creator

• Donnelly, Jennifer
• trueDonnelly, Jennifer

Subject

• trueSelf-fulfillment in teenage girls
• true1900s (Decade) -- 1900 -- 1909
• Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- Fiction
• trueAdirondack Mountains, New York
• trueAmbition in teenage girls
• trueBrown, Grace, 1885 or 6-1906
• trueComing-of-age stories
• Donnelly, Jennifer -- Manuscripts
• Education -- Fiction
• trueFamilies
• Farm life -- New York (State) -- Fiction
• trueFarm life -- New York (State) -- History -- 20th century
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueHotel workers
• trueHotels -- Adirondack Mountains
• Hotels -- Fiction
• Hotels, motels, etc. -- Fiction
• trueMen/women relations
• trueMurder
• Murder -- Fiction
• trueNew York (State) -- History -- 20th century
• New York (State) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• trueRacism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• trueSelf-discovery in teenage girls
• trueResponsibility in teenage girls
• trueWomen -- New York (State) -- History -- 20th century
• trueTeenage girls
• trueTeenage authors

Genre

• trueHistorical fiction
• trueComing-of-age stories
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story

Theme

• trueLife in small towns

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueReflective
• trueEmotionally intense
• trueInspiring

Writing style

• trueCompelling
• trueDescriptive

Award

• Amelia Bloomer List, 2004
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2003
• Carnegie Medal, 2003.
• Charlotte Award (New York), Young Adult, 2006.
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction, 2003.
• YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2011
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2004
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2003.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

700

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

UG

LC call number

PZ7.D7194

LC item number

No 2003

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

700

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 8
• 12

Reading level

4.5

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

pre adolescent