I Capture the Castle
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363 pages
Cassandra, the 17-year-old narrator, lives an eccentric existence in a crumbling castle in the English countryside in the 1930s. Her father is a former bestselling novelist now suffering from a chronic case of writer's block and her glamorous but bohemian stepmother Topaz is a sometime artist model. Money is in short supply but Cassandra and her discontented older sister Rose are forced to make the best of things - until some young, wealthy American neighbours arrive and Rose sees an opportunity
ISBN: 9780241618059
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Lisa Randall
Science & Research"A really lovely book about the importance of art and understanding the world."
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J.K. Rowling
Author"This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met."