Keeping the castle : a tale of romance, riches, and real estate

Label

Keeping the castle : a tale of romance, riches, and real estate

Title remainder

a tale of romance, riches, and real estate

Statement of responsibility

Patrice Kindl

Creator

• Kindl, Patrice.

Subject

• England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
• Social classes -- Fiction.
• England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
• Castles -- Juvenile fiction.
• Great Britain -- History -- 1789-1820 -- Juvenile fiction.
• Great Britain -- History -- 1789-1820 -- Fiction.
• Castles -- Fiction.
• Courtship -- Juvenile fiction.
• Courtship -- Fiction.
• Social classes -- Juvenile fiction.

Genre

• Fiction.
• Juvenile fiction.

Language

eng

Summary

In order to support her family and maintain their ancient castle in Lesser Hoo, seventeen-year-old Althea bears the burden of finding a wealthy suitor who can remedy their financial problems

Subject

• Poor families
• Social classes
• Nobility
• Courtship
• Historical romances
• Castles
• Great Britain -- History -- 1789-1820
• Seventeen-year-old girls
• Yorkshire, England
• Teenage girls
• England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
• Rich men

Genre

• Historical romances

Tone

• Romantic

Writing style

• Banter-filled

Award

• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2012
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2012.
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2013.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ7.K5665

LC item number

Ke 2012

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1050

Literary form

fiction

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

• 7
• 11

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Target audience

pre adolescent