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Ironhead, or, Once a young lady / by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem ; translated by Kristen Gehrman.

Summary:
Eighteen-year-old Constance is not interested in marriage or in being a "young lady." But for a young woman coming of age in the early 1800s, that just about all that's available to her. When her parents arrange her a marriage with a man more than twice her age, she's powerless to resist. Stance couldn't possibly find her newfound husband less appealing, but what can she do? Here's what: Four months into the marriage, she can slip out of their bed in the middle of the night, and she can put on his clothes. She can look in the mirror and like what she sees. She can sneak out of the house before dawn and visit the baker's scrawny son, who has just been drafted into the army, and offer to take his place. Vive l'Empereur! Hot on Stance's tail all the while is her younger brother Pieter, determined to bring Stance back home to Ghent where she belongs. (The battlefield is no place for a young lady, after all."

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781646140480
  • ISBN: 1646140486
  • Physical Description: 419 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Montclair : Levine Querido, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in Dutch by Querido in 2020 under title: IJzerkop.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 12 and up. Levine Querido.
Grades 10-12. Levine Querido.
Subject: Ghent (Belgium) > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Juvenile fiction.
Ghent (Belgium) > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Fiction.
Gender identity > Fiction > Juvenile fiction.
Bildungsromans > Juvenile fiction.
Gender identity > Fiction.
Coming of age > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 14 of 14 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Abington Community Library YOUNG ADULT RIJCKEG (Text) 50687011766766 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library YOUNG ADULT RIJCKEG (Text) 50686016165222 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library YA RIJ (Text) 37268003156072 AHMFL Young Adult Available -
Dalton Community Library YOUNG ADULT RIJCKEG (Text) 50689010452661 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) YA RIJ (Text) 91083227 GFWM Robinson Room Available -
Lower Macungie Library YA RIJ (Text) 33400001544595 Young Adult Fiction Available -
New Castle Public Library YAF Fic van Rijckeghem (Text) 31902005457890 NWCM Young Adult Fiction Available -
North Pocono Public Library YOUNG ADULT RIJCKEG (Text) 50691010941206 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Pottsville Free Public Library YA RIJ (Text) 30003009101153 Young Adult Available -
Robesonia Community Library YA RIJ (Text) 33249023378262 Teen Fiction Available -


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