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The shell house

by Linda Newbery

Cover of The shell house

Seventeen-year-old Greg's interest in photography draws him to a ruined mansion whose history becomes more personally relevant as he slowly discovers the tragic events that led to the destruction of the house during World War I.

World War, 1914-1918HomosexualityFictionSelf-perceptionInterpersonal relationsChildren's fictionSelf-perception, fictionInterpersonal relations, fictionHomosexuality, fictionWorld war, 1914-1918, fictionEngland, fictionFiction, coming of age