Marly's Ghost: A Remix of Charles Dickens's a Christmas Carol
By David Levithan, illustrated by Brian Selznick
Interest Level
Grades 9 - 12
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 4.8
Lexile Measure®: 820L
DRA: Not Available
Guided Reading: NR
Genre
- General Fiction
- Horror and Supernatural
- Romance
Theme/Subject
- Character and Values
- Friends and Friendship
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About This Book
This is a modern story patterned after Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" except that the holiday in question is Valentine's Day. Sixteen-year-old Ben is left bitter about love and life when his girlfriend, Marly, dies. After visits from the ghosts of the pasAbout the Authors or Illustrators
Brian Selznick is the illustrator of the Caldecott Honor winner, The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, and the New York Times-Best Illustrated Walt Whitman: Words for America, both by Barbara Kerley, as well as the Sibert Honor winner When Marian Sang, by Pam Muñoz Ryan. In 2008 he won the Caldecott Medal for the groundbreaking title, The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
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