50bookchallenge, 15000pages
Book #107 -- Linda Newbery, The Shell House, 335 pages.
When Greg discovers Graveney Hall, the shell of an old manor house that burned in 1917, the ruin and its lands call to him, and he finds himself joining the volunteers working to renovate the estate. Meanwhile, Greg is dealing with new friends, vandals, and girls, as well as a personal quest to discover the fate of Edmund Pearson, the son of the last owner of Graveney Hall, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances the same year the Hall burned down. Interwoven with Greg's narrative we are given the story of Edmund himself, a soldier in the First World War. The book follows both these troubled young men as they confront issues of life, death, love, and faith while searching for their place in the world.
This was a very good book, but it was also horribly depressing, and I must now find something to cheer me up.
Progress toward goals: 258/365 = 70.7%
Books: 107/150 = 71.3%
Pages: 31392/50000 = 62.8%
2007 Book List
cross-posted to 15000pages, 50bookchallenge, and gwynraven
When Greg discovers Graveney Hall, the shell of an old manor house that burned in 1917, the ruin and its lands call to him, and he finds himself joining the volunteers working to renovate the estate. Meanwhile, Greg is dealing with new friends, vandals, and girls, as well as a personal quest to discover the fate of Edmund Pearson, the son of the last owner of Graveney Hall, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances the same year the Hall burned down. Interwoven with Greg's narrative we are given the story of Edmund himself, a soldier in the First World War. The book follows both these troubled young men as they confront issues of life, death, love, and faith while searching for their place in the world.
This was a very good book, but it was also horribly depressing, and I must now find something to cheer me up.
Progress toward goals: 258/365 = 70.7%
Books: 107/150 = 71.3%
Pages: 31392/50000 = 62.8%
2007 Book List
cross-posted to 15000pages, 50bookchallenge, and gwynraven