Northanger Abbey
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Chapter Book · Ages 9–11 · 2009

Northanger Abbey

By Jane Austen, Ann Kronheimer (Illustrator)

Part of the Baker Street Readers series

A naive young woman faces sinister secrets and deception at Northanger Abbey.

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64 pages
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Catherine Morland, inexperienced and naive, is swept into the social whirl of Bath. Her journey takes a dark turn at Northanger Abbey, where mysterious locked cabinets and fearful whispers hint at hidden secrets. As she navigates friendships and potential dangers, Catherine's love for gothic tales blurs reality and fiction. Can she discern truth from imagination and find her own hero? What secrets does the General hide, and will Catherine's story end in happiness or heartbreak? Discover the twists and turns of her adventure in this intriguing tale.

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Catherine Morland has little experience of the world. When a neighbor takes her to visit the fashionable city of Bath, her naiveté leaves her vulnerable. Who should Catherine trust? Whose friendship is genuine and whose will be harmful? Catherine’s adventure becomes sinister when she visits Northanger Abbey. What is hidden in the locked cabinet? Why are the General’s children afraid of him? What terrible secrets does he keep in his dead wife’s bedroom? Guided only by the gothic horror stories she so loves reading, Catherine stumbles through her adventures. Will hers be a happy ending? Will she find a hero to share her “happily ever after?”

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
64
Reading age
9–11
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
850L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~5.4
F&P level
~T
Publication
Published
April 1, 2019
First published
December 31, 2009
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781912464227

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