Cecily
by Isabelle Holland
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Cecily is a young girl in a boarding school in England. She is rather disheveled, awkward, and unstudious and, therefore; does not fit in with the rest of the girls and is picked on. Even one of the teachers has a hard time accepting Cecily where she is and trying to help her to assimilate. The headmistress helps the teacher and guides her be more compassionate understanding and helpful to Cecily.
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Author Isabelle Holland was born in Basel, Switzerland on June 16, 1920. Since her father was an American consul, she grew up in Guatemala City and Liverpool, England until 1940 when her family returned to the United States because of World War II. In 1942, she received a bachelor's degree from Tulane University. She then worked in the publicity show more departments for numerous magazines and publishing companies including McCall's, Crown, Lippincott, Harper's, and G. P. Putman. Her first novel, Cecily, was published in 1967 and was followed by about fifty other books for children, young adults, and adults. Many of her young adult novels deal with topics such as death, obesity, rape, and homosexuality. Her novel, Of Love and Death and Other Journeys, was nominated for the 1975 National Book Award. Two of her novels, Bump in the Night and The Man Without a Face, were made into movies. She died in New York City on February 9, 2002 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1985
- People/Characters
- Cecily Matthews; Elizabeth Marks; June; Tim Nichols; Miss Jeffries; Cynthia Wolf (show all 18); Jennifer Williams; Miss Anson; Miss Finch; Miss Reynolds; Miss Hensley; Anne Rodney; Audrey Leach; Betty Whitmore; Enid Cameron; Dora Matthews; Desmond Matthews; Pat
- Important places
- Langley, England, UK
- First words
- Cecily Matthews! The child flushed unbecomingly.
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- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Teen, Young Adult
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ4 .H735 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction in English
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- Languages
- English
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- 3
- ASINs
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