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Arcadia

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From the author of the international best seller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Arcadia is an astonishing work of imagination. 
In Cold War England, Professor Henry Lytten, having renounced a career in espionage, is writing a fantasy novel that dares to imagine a world less fraught than his own. He finds an unlikely confidante in Rosie, an inquisitive young neighbor who, while chasing after Lytten's cat one day, stumbles through a doorway in his cellar and into a stunning and unfamiliar bucolic landscape—remarkably like the fantasy world Lytten is writing about. There she meets a young boy named Jay who is about to embark on a journey that will change both their lives. Elsewhere, in a distopian society where progress is controlled by a corrupt ruling elite, the brilliant scientist Angela Meerson has discovered the potential of a powerful new machine. When the authorities come knocking, she will make an important decision—one that will reverberate through all these different lives and worlds.

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Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: February 9, 2016

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781101946831
  • File size: 5345 KB
  • Release date: February 9, 2016

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781101946831
  • File size: 6417 KB
  • Release date: February 9, 2016

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Kindle Book
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Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.7
Lexile® Measure:770
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:3-4

From the author of the international best seller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Arcadia is an astonishing work of imagination. 
In Cold War England, Professor Henry Lytten, having renounced a career in espionage, is writing a fantasy novel that dares to imagine a world less fraught than his own. He finds an unlikely confidante in Rosie, an inquisitive young neighbor who, while chasing after Lytten's cat one day, stumbles through a doorway in his cellar and into a stunning and unfamiliar bucolic landscape—remarkably like the fantasy world Lytten is writing about. There she meets a young boy named Jay who is about to embark on a journey that will change both their lives. Elsewhere, in a distopian society where progress is controlled by a corrupt ruling elite, the brilliant scientist Angela Meerson has discovered the potential of a powerful new machine. When the authorities come knocking, she will make an important decision—one that will reverberate through all these different lives and worlds.

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