Author: Laura Amy Schlitz
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763652156
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
"People throw the word 'classic' about a lot, but A Drowned Maiden's Hair genuinely deserves to become one." — Wall Street Journal Maud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence, so when the charming Miss Hyacinth and her sister choose Maud to take home with them, the girl is as baffled as anyone. It seems the sisters need Maud to help stage elaborate séances for bereaved, wealthy patrons. As Maud is drawn deeper into the deception, playing her role as a "secret child," she is torn between her need to please and her growing conscience -- until a shocking betrayal makes clear just how heartless her so-called guardians are. Filled with tantalizing details of turn-of-the-century spiritualism and page-turning suspense, this lively historical novel features a winning heroine whom readers will not soon forget.
A Drowned Maiden's Hair
Author: Laura Amy Schlitz
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763652156
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
"People throw the word 'classic' about a lot, but A Drowned Maiden's Hair genuinely deserves to become one." — Wall Street Journal Maud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence, so when the charming Miss Hyacinth and her sister choose Maud to take home with them, the girl is as baffled as anyone. It seems the sisters need Maud to help stage elaborate séances for bereaved, wealthy patrons. As Maud is drawn deeper into the deception, playing her role as a "secret child," she is torn between her need to please and her growing conscience -- until a shocking betrayal makes clear just how heartless her so-called guardians are. Filled with tantalizing details of turn-of-the-century spiritualism and page-turning suspense, this lively historical novel features a winning heroine whom readers will not soon forget.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763652156
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
"People throw the word 'classic' about a lot, but A Drowned Maiden's Hair genuinely deserves to become one." — Wall Street Journal Maud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence, so when the charming Miss Hyacinth and her sister choose Maud to take home with them, the girl is as baffled as anyone. It seems the sisters need Maud to help stage elaborate séances for bereaved, wealthy patrons. As Maud is drawn deeper into the deception, playing her role as a "secret child," she is torn between her need to please and her growing conscience -- until a shocking betrayal makes clear just how heartless her so-called guardians are. Filled with tantalizing details of turn-of-the-century spiritualism and page-turning suspense, this lively historical novel features a winning heroine whom readers will not soon forget.
Splendors and Glooms
Author: Laura Amy Schlitz
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763662461
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her sorcery to a Victorian gothic thriller — an enthralling, darkly comic tale that would do Dickens proud. The master puppeteer, Gaspare Grisini, is so expert at manipulating his stringed puppets that they appear alive. Clara Wintermute, the only child of a wealthy doctor, is spellbound by Grisini’s act and invites him to entertain at her birthday party. Seeing his chance to make a fortune, Grisini accepts and makes a splendidly gaudy entrance with caravan, puppets, and his two orphaned assistants. Lizzie Rose and Parsefall are dazzled by the Wintermute home. Clara seems to have everything they lack — adoring parents, warmth, and plenty to eat. In fact, Clara’s life is shadowed by grief, guilt, and secrets. When Clara vanishes that night, suspicion of kidnapping falls upon the puppeteer and, by association, Lizzie Rose and Parsefall. As they seek to puzzle out Clara’s whereabouts, Lizzie and Parse uncover Grisini’s criminal past and wake up to his evil intentions. Fleeing London, they find themselves caught in a trap set by Grisini’s ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it’s too late. Newbery Medal winner Laura Amy Schlitz’s Victorian gothic is a rich banquet of dark comedy, scorching magic, and the brilliant and bewitching storytelling that is her trademark.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763662461
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her sorcery to a Victorian gothic thriller — an enthralling, darkly comic tale that would do Dickens proud. The master puppeteer, Gaspare Grisini, is so expert at manipulating his stringed puppets that they appear alive. Clara Wintermute, the only child of a wealthy doctor, is spellbound by Grisini’s act and invites him to entertain at her birthday party. Seeing his chance to make a fortune, Grisini accepts and makes a splendidly gaudy entrance with caravan, puppets, and his two orphaned assistants. Lizzie Rose and Parsefall are dazzled by the Wintermute home. Clara seems to have everything they lack — adoring parents, warmth, and plenty to eat. In fact, Clara’s life is shadowed by grief, guilt, and secrets. When Clara vanishes that night, suspicion of kidnapping falls upon the puppeteer and, by association, Lizzie Rose and Parsefall. As they seek to puzzle out Clara’s whereabouts, Lizzie and Parse uncover Grisini’s criminal past and wake up to his evil intentions. Fleeing London, they find themselves caught in a trap set by Grisini’s ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it’s too late. Newbery Medal winner Laura Amy Schlitz’s Victorian gothic is a rich banquet of dark comedy, scorching magic, and the brilliant and bewitching storytelling that is her trademark.
Drowned Ammet
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192752789
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
When his protest against the tyrannical government fails, a young boy escapes, with two other children, to the mysterious Holy Islands where they learn the power of two folk figures celebrated by their countrymen.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192752789
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
When his protest against the tyrannical government fails, a young boy escapes, with two other children, to the mysterious Holy Islands where they learn the power of two folk figures celebrated by their countrymen.
Revenge of the Drowned Maiden
Author: Cal Clement
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781737665502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Disorder and chaos have spread across the Caribbean like wildfire in the wake of the Drowned Maiden. Captained by a former slave and crewed by a motley band of mutinied navy men and freed slaves alike they have set their sights on dismantling a network of slave smugglers. In London, an aging admiral gathers his fleet and sets his course to discover the fate of the lost H.M.S. Valor and her crew. Action and adventure await in this volume of the Treachery and Triumph series!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781737665502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Disorder and chaos have spread across the Caribbean like wildfire in the wake of the Drowned Maiden. Captained by a former slave and crewed by a motley band of mutinied navy men and freed slaves alike they have set their sights on dismantling a network of slave smugglers. In London, an aging admiral gathers his fleet and sets his course to discover the fate of the lost H.M.S. Valor and her crew. Action and adventure await in this volume of the Treachery and Triumph series!
They Drown Our Daughters
Author: Katrina Monroe
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1728248213
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
"The best kind of story—one that will both break your heart and scare the hell out of you." —Jennifer McMahon, New York Times bestselling author of The Children on the Hill If you can hear the call of the water, It's already far too late. They say Cape Disappointment is haunted. That's why tourists used to flock there in droves. They'd visit the rocky shoreline under the old lighthouse's watchful eye and fish shells from the water as they pretended to spot dark shapes in the surf. Now the tourists are long gone, and when Meredith Strand and her young daughter return to Meredith's childhood home after an acrimonious split from her wife, the Cape seems more haunted by regret than any malevolent force. But her mother, suffering from early stages of Alzheimer's, is convinced the ghost stories are real. Not only is there something in the water, but it's watching them. Waiting for them. Reaching out to Meredith's daughter the way it has to every woman in their line for generations—and if Meredith isn't careful, all three women, bound by blood and heartbreak, will be lost one by one to the ocean's mournful call. Part queer modern gothic, part ghost story, They Drown Our Daughters explores the depths of motherhood, identity, and the lengths a woman will go to hold on to both.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1728248213
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
"The best kind of story—one that will both break your heart and scare the hell out of you." —Jennifer McMahon, New York Times bestselling author of The Children on the Hill If you can hear the call of the water, It's already far too late. They say Cape Disappointment is haunted. That's why tourists used to flock there in droves. They'd visit the rocky shoreline under the old lighthouse's watchful eye and fish shells from the water as they pretended to spot dark shapes in the surf. Now the tourists are long gone, and when Meredith Strand and her young daughter return to Meredith's childhood home after an acrimonious split from her wife, the Cape seems more haunted by regret than any malevolent force. But her mother, suffering from early stages of Alzheimer's, is convinced the ghost stories are real. Not only is there something in the water, but it's watching them. Waiting for them. Reaching out to Meredith's daughter the way it has to every woman in their line for generations—and if Meredith isn't careful, all three women, bound by blood and heartbreak, will be lost one by one to the ocean's mournful call. Part queer modern gothic, part ghost story, They Drown Our Daughters explores the depths of motherhood, identity, and the lengths a woman will go to hold on to both.
H.M.S Valor: Treachery and Triumph
Author: Cal Clement
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781737665519
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A dark secret hangs over the Caribbean.Britain is at war with Napoleon, amid this chaos, a shadowy network acts against the common good.Lives hang in the balance while a young and ambitious Lieutenant takes his new assignment aboard the H.M.S Valor. Circumstances soon lead him down a path where he must weigh traditional judgement carefully. With sword and pistol in hand he will confront his fate, where things are not as simple as they first appear, and the path of honor looks an awful lot like treason.In the Caribbean, a young woman seeks to escape her cruel past. She soon finds herself in the clutches of a fearsome crew of pirates, but not everything is as it would seem.Fans of Gene Hackman's "Wake of the Perdido Star" will love this swashbuckling tale.Clement not only delivers suspenseful battle scenes but also characters to engage our imagination and affection. What a blast! Make that a cannon blast. I can't wait to read the sequel. - Amazon ReviewCould not put it down, whenever you think you have an idea of where the story is going, prepare to tack. - Goodreads ReviewJoin the adventure and get your copy now!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781737665519
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A dark secret hangs over the Caribbean.Britain is at war with Napoleon, amid this chaos, a shadowy network acts against the common good.Lives hang in the balance while a young and ambitious Lieutenant takes his new assignment aboard the H.M.S Valor. Circumstances soon lead him down a path where he must weigh traditional judgement carefully. With sword and pistol in hand he will confront his fate, where things are not as simple as they first appear, and the path of honor looks an awful lot like treason.In the Caribbean, a young woman seeks to escape her cruel past. She soon finds herself in the clutches of a fearsome crew of pirates, but not everything is as it would seem.Fans of Gene Hackman's "Wake of the Perdido Star" will love this swashbuckling tale.Clement not only delivers suspenseful battle scenes but also characters to engage our imagination and affection. What a blast! Make that a cannon blast. I can't wait to read the sequel. - Amazon ReviewCould not put it down, whenever you think you have an idea of where the story is going, prepare to tack. - Goodreads ReviewJoin the adventure and get your copy now!
HPI: Event Horizon
Author: Paul Dale Roberts aka The Demon Warrior
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387938509
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Before I was in the paranormal business, I was established with the comic book industry as a reviewer, one-time comic book publisher and interviewer of comic book celebs. In this issue, you will get HPI's paranormal investigative articles, along with comic book artwork from William Carlisle and Robert Babot, featuring The Demon Warrior, Opal Goddess, The Legendary Dark Silhouette, Jazma Man and the Jazma League of Justice!
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387938509
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Before I was in the paranormal business, I was established with the comic book industry as a reviewer, one-time comic book publisher and interviewer of comic book celebs. In this issue, you will get HPI's paranormal investigative articles, along with comic book artwork from William Carlisle and Robert Babot, featuring The Demon Warrior, Opal Goddess, The Legendary Dark Silhouette, Jazma Man and the Jazma League of Justice!
The Wicked Deep
Author: Shea Ernshaw
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1481497359
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A New York Times bestseller. “A wickedly chilling debut.” —School Library Journal “Complex and sweetly satisfying.” —Booklist “Prepare to be bewitched.” —Paula Stokes, author of Girl Against the Universe “A story about the redemptive power of love.” —Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be “Eerie and enchanting.” —Jessica Spotswood, author of The Cahill Witch Chronicles Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic meets the Salem Witch trials in this haunting story about three sisters on a quest for revenge—and how love may be the only thing powerful enough to stop them. Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow… Where, two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town. Now, for a brief time each summer, the sisters return, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so that they may seek their revenge, luring boys into the harbor and pulling them under. Like many locals, seventeen-year-old Penny Talbot has accepted the fate of the town. But this year, on the eve of the sisters’ return, a boy named Bo Carter arrives; unaware of the danger he has just stumbled into. Mistrust and lies spread quickly through the salty, rain-soaked streets. The townspeople turn against one another. Penny and Bo suspect each other of hiding secrets. And death comes swiftly to those who cannot resist the call of the sisters. But only Penny sees what others cannot. And she will be forced to choose: save Bo, or save herself.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1481497359
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A New York Times bestseller. “A wickedly chilling debut.” —School Library Journal “Complex and sweetly satisfying.” —Booklist “Prepare to be bewitched.” —Paula Stokes, author of Girl Against the Universe “A story about the redemptive power of love.” —Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be “Eerie and enchanting.” —Jessica Spotswood, author of The Cahill Witch Chronicles Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic meets the Salem Witch trials in this haunting story about three sisters on a quest for revenge—and how love may be the only thing powerful enough to stop them. Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow… Where, two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town. Now, for a brief time each summer, the sisters return, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so that they may seek their revenge, luring boys into the harbor and pulling them under. Like many locals, seventeen-year-old Penny Talbot has accepted the fate of the town. But this year, on the eve of the sisters’ return, a boy named Bo Carter arrives; unaware of the danger he has just stumbled into. Mistrust and lies spread quickly through the salty, rain-soaked streets. The townspeople turn against one another. Penny and Bo suspect each other of hiding secrets. And death comes swiftly to those who cannot resist the call of the sisters. But only Penny sees what others cannot. And she will be forced to choose: save Bo, or save herself.
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