Queen of hearts

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The work Queen of hearts represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Kewanna-Union Township Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Queen of hearts

Statement of responsibility

Martha Brooks

Creator

• trueBrooks, Martha, 1944-
• Brooks, Martha, 1944-

Subject

• Coming of age -- Fiction
• trueLoneliness in teenagers
• trueManitoba
• Manitoba -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Manitoba -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• Manitoba -- History -- Fiction
• Medical fiction
• truePeople with tuberculosis
• trueSecond World War era (1939-1945) -- 1939 -- 1945
• Sick -- Fiction
• Sick -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTeenage girls -- Friendship
• Tuberculosis -- Fiction
• Tuberculosis -- Juvenile fiction
• Bildungsromans
• Bildungsromans
• Canada -- History -- 1914-1945 -- Fiction
• Canada -- History -- 1914-1945 -- Juvenile fiction
• trueCanadian fiction
• Families -- Manitoba -- Fiction
• Families -- Manitoba -- Juvenile fiction
• Family life -- Manitoba -- Fiction
• trueFamily relationships
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueHospitals
• Hospitals -- Fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• Bildungsromans
• trueCanadian fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Shortly after her first kiss but before her sixteenth birthday in December, 1941, Marie Claire and her younger brother and sister are sent to a tuberculosis sanatorium near their Manitoba farm

Theme

• trueDealing with illness

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueAtmospheric
• trueMoving

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Award

• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2011
• USBBY Outstanding International Book, 2012.
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2012
• OLA Best Bets, 2010.

Cataloging source

DLC

Citation source

• School Library Journal starred, July 2011
• Horn Book Starred, July 2011
• Publisher's Weekly, June 2011
• Booklist, June 2011
• Kirkus Starred, July 2011
• Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2011
• Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2011
• Resource Links, February 2011

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Young Adult
• HL 710

Intended audience source

• Follett Library Resources
• Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.B7975

LC item number

Que 2011

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

710

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 12

Target audience

adolescent