Bray, Libba.

A great and terrible beauty / Libba Bray. - New York : Delacorte Press, 2005, c2003. - 403 p. - Gemma Doyle trilogy ; bk. 1 .

After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.

ISBN: 9780385732314 (pbk.) ;

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Magic--Fiction.
Supernatural--Fiction.
Boarding schools--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
England--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction
Gothic novels.