Laura Amy Schlitz

A Drowned Maiden's Hair

A Melodrama

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People throw the word 'classic' about a lot, but A Drowned Maiden's Hair genuinely deserves to become one. — Wall Street JournalMaud 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 tan… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7636-2930-4
EAN: 9780763629304
Produktnummer: 2290717
Verlag: Random House N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 400 S.
Abbildungen: Farb. Abb.
Sonstiges: Ab 10 J.

Über den Autor

Laura Amy Schlitz is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, the Newbery Honor Book and New York Times bestseller Splendors and Glooms, and several other books for young readers. A teacher as well as a writer, Laura Amy Schlitz lives in Maryland.