The edge of lost

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The work The edge of lost represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

The edge of lost

Statement of responsibility

Kristina McMorris

Creator

• trueMcMorris, Kristina

Author

• trueMcMorris, Kristina

Subject

• trueHistorical fiction
• New York (State) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueDepression era (1929-1941) -- 1929 -- 1941
• truePrisons
• Inmate guards -- Fiction
• trueAlcatraz Island, California
• trueMissing children
• Missing children -- Fiction
• California -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
• trueCriminals
• United States Penitentiary. -- Alcatraz Island | California
• Immigrants -- Fiction
• Detective and mystery fiction
• Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
• trueAdult books for young adults
• Prisoners -- Fiction
• trueParallel narratives
• Investigations -- Fiction
• San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
• truePrisoners
• true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
• trueImmigrants

Genre

• Fiction
• Detective and mystery fiction
• trueAdult books for young adults
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueParallel narratives

Language

eng

Summary

On a cold night in October 1937, searchlights cut through the darkness around Alcatraz. A prison guard's only daughter -- one of the youngest civilians who lives on the island -- has gone missing. Tending the warden's greenhouse, convicted bank robber Tommy Capello waits anxiously. Only he knows the truth about the little girl's whereabouts, and that both of their lives depend on the search's outcome ..

Cataloging source

BT

Dewey number

813/.6

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adolescent