Ironhead, or, Once a young lady / by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem ; translated by Kristen Gehrman.
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. |
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Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
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- 14 of 14 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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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 | - |
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."