Marina -- Carlos Ruiz Zafon

<b>Carlos Ruiz Zafon's haunting gothic mystery, which has long been a cult classic in Spain and is now an international bestseller.</b><br>We all have a secret buried under lock and key in the attic of our soul. This is mine.<br>Fifteen-year-old Oscar Drai meets the strange Marina while he's exploring an old quarter of Barcelona. She leads Oscar to a cemetery, where they watch a macabre ritual that occurs on the last Sunday of each month. At exactly ten o'clock in the morning, a woman shrouded in a black velvet cloak descends from her carriage to place a single rose on an unmarked grave.<br>When Oscar and Marina decide to follow her, they begin a journey that transports them to a forgotten postwar Barcelona-a world of aristocrats and actresses, inventors and tycoons--and reveals a dark secret that lies waiting in the mysterious labyrinth beneath the city streets.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Carlos Ruiz Zafon<br><b>Publisher:</b> Little, Brown Books for Young Readers<br><b>Published:</b> 07/22/2014<br><b>Pages:</b> 336<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.00lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.30d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780316044714<br><b>Age Range:</b> 13-17<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 6<br><b>Point Value:</b> 11<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>179331 / Marina<br><br><b>Award:</b> Tayshas Reading - Commended<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Hornbook Guide to Children</i> 01/01/2015 - Superior,Well Abov