Author: Chandra Prasad
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1641292660
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
History and the speculative collide with the modern world when a group of high school girls form a secret society after discovering they can communicate with boys from the past, in this powerful look at female desire, jealousy, and the shifting lines between friendship and rivalry. After her life is upended by divorce and a cross-country move, 16-year-old Saskia Brown feels like an outsider at her new school—not only is she a transplant, but she’s also biracial in a population of mostly white students. One day while visiting her only friend at her part-time library job, Saskia encounters a vial of liquid mercury, then touches an old daguerreotype—the precursor of the modern-day photograph—and makes a startling discovery. She is somehow able to visit the man in the portrait: Robert Cornelius, a brilliant young inventor from the nineteenth century. The hitch: she can see him only in her dreams. Saskia shares her revelation with some classmates, hoping to find connection and friendship among strangers. Under her guidance, the other girls steal portraits of young men from a local college’s daguerreotype collection and try the dangerous experiment for themselves. Soon, they each form a bond with their own “Mercury Boy,” from an injured Union soldier to a charming pickpocket in New York City. At night, the girls visit the boys in their dreams. During the day, they hold clandestine meetings of their new secret society. At first, the Mercury Boys Club is a thrilling diversion from their troubled everyday lives, but it’s not long before jealousy, violence and secrets threaten everything the girls hold dear.
Mercury Boys
Author: Chandra Prasad
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1641292660
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
History and the speculative collide with the modern world when a group of high school girls form a secret society after discovering they can communicate with boys from the past, in this powerful look at female desire, jealousy, and the shifting lines between friendship and rivalry. After her life is upended by divorce and a cross-country move, 16-year-old Saskia Brown feels like an outsider at her new school—not only is she a transplant, but she’s also biracial in a population of mostly white students. One day while visiting her only friend at her part-time library job, Saskia encounters a vial of liquid mercury, then touches an old daguerreotype—the precursor of the modern-day photograph—and makes a startling discovery. She is somehow able to visit the man in the portrait: Robert Cornelius, a brilliant young inventor from the nineteenth century. The hitch: she can see him only in her dreams. Saskia shares her revelation with some classmates, hoping to find connection and friendship among strangers. Under her guidance, the other girls steal portraits of young men from a local college’s daguerreotype collection and try the dangerous experiment for themselves. Soon, they each form a bond with their own “Mercury Boy,” from an injured Union soldier to a charming pickpocket in New York City. At night, the girls visit the boys in their dreams. During the day, they hold clandestine meetings of their new secret society. At first, the Mercury Boys Club is a thrilling diversion from their troubled everyday lives, but it’s not long before jealousy, violence and secrets threaten everything the girls hold dear.
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1641292660
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
History and the speculative collide with the modern world when a group of high school girls form a secret society after discovering they can communicate with boys from the past, in this powerful look at female desire, jealousy, and the shifting lines between friendship and rivalry. After her life is upended by divorce and a cross-country move, 16-year-old Saskia Brown feels like an outsider at her new school—not only is she a transplant, but she’s also biracial in a population of mostly white students. One day while visiting her only friend at her part-time library job, Saskia encounters a vial of liquid mercury, then touches an old daguerreotype—the precursor of the modern-day photograph—and makes a startling discovery. She is somehow able to visit the man in the portrait: Robert Cornelius, a brilliant young inventor from the nineteenth century. The hitch: she can see him only in her dreams. Saskia shares her revelation with some classmates, hoping to find connection and friendship among strangers. Under her guidance, the other girls steal portraits of young men from a local college’s daguerreotype collection and try the dangerous experiment for themselves. Soon, they each form a bond with their own “Mercury Boy,” from an injured Union soldier to a charming pickpocket in New York City. At night, the girls visit the boys in their dreams. During the day, they hold clandestine meetings of their new secret society. At first, the Mercury Boys Club is a thrilling diversion from their troubled everyday lives, but it’s not long before jealousy, violence and secrets threaten everything the girls hold dear.
Mercury study report to Congress
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428903720
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1811
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428903720
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1811
Book Description
Mercury study report to Congress Vol. 5
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428953825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428953825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Captain
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Category : Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
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Category : Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Children Under the Poor Law
Author: William Chance
Publisher:
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Category : Dependent children
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
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Category : Dependent children
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Boys' Life
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
The Pedagogical Seminary
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Category : Child development
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Vols. 5-15 include "Bibliography of child study," by Louis N. Wilson.
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Category : Child development
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Vols. 5-15 include "Bibliography of child study," by Louis N. Wilson.
Boys' Life
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Mercury and Methylmercury Toxicology and Risk Assessment
Author: Laurie Hing Man Chan
Publisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3038979708
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Mercury is a global pollutant that affects the health of both humans and ecosystems. This Special Issue collects three review papers and six research articles that report on the latest findings on the mechanisms of mercury toxicology and its impacts on environmental health. This collection of papers provides useful, new information on the mechanisms of mercury toxicity and methods of improving the risk assessment of mercury exposure.
Publisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3038979708
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Mercury is a global pollutant that affects the health of both humans and ecosystems. This Special Issue collects three review papers and six research articles that report on the latest findings on the mechanisms of mercury toxicology and its impacts on environmental health. This collection of papers provides useful, new information on the mechanisms of mercury toxicity and methods of improving the risk assessment of mercury exposure.
Ramblin Boy and Other Songs
Author: Tom Paxton
Publisher: Oak Publications
ISBN: 1783234229
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Words and music to forty-one folk songs.
Publisher: Oak Publications
ISBN: 1783234229
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Words and music to forty-one folk songs.