02340cam a2200457 i 4500 650948090 TxAuBib 20101026120000.0 070824s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007031302 9780385730303 hardcover 0385730306 hardcover 9780385902953 Gibraltar library binding 0385902956 Gibraltar library binding 9780440237778 trade paperback 0440237777 trade paperback 9781935481850 1935481851 (OCoLC)148796294 eng rda TxAuBib rda Bray, Libba. The sweet far thing / Libba Bray. First edition. New York : Delacorte Press, 2007. 819 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father alaudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds.The Order - the mysterious group her mother was once part of - is grappling for control of the realms, as is the Rakshana. Spence's burned East Wing is being rebuilt, but why now? Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same. And their friendship faces its gravest trial as Gemma must decide once and for all what role she is meant for. 640L Lexile. Decoding demand: 98 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 87 (very high) Structure demand: 89 (very high) Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.8 30 119499. 20101026. Magic Fiction. Supernatural Fiction. Boarding schools Fiction. Schools Fiction. England Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. Fiction. LAKCL