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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Candlewick Pr
Publication date
April 8, 2008
Pages
389
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9780763638122
ISBN-10
0763638129
Dimensions
1.25 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.80 lbs.
Original list price
$7.99
Other format details
juvenile
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The Inquisitor's Tale | The Night Fairy | Uprooted | The Hired Girl | The Wolves of Willoughby Chase | Good Masters, Sweet Ladies! | Splendors and Glooms | Splendors and Glooms | Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: "People throw the word 'classic' about a lot, but A DROWNED MAIDEN'S HAIR genuinely deserves to become one." â WALL STREET JOURNAL
Maud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence. So when the charming Miss Hawthorne chooses her to take home, the girl is pleased but baffled, until it becomes clear that sheâs needed to help stage elaborate séances for bereaved 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 â- until a shocking betrayal shows just how heartless her so-called guardians are. Filled with fascinating details of turn-of-the-century spiritualism and page-turning suspense, this lively novel features a feisty heroine whom readers will not soon forget.
Maud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence. So when the charming Miss Hawthorne chooses her to take home, the girl is pleased but baffled, until it becomes clear that sheâs needed to help stage elaborate séances for bereaved 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 â- until a shocking betrayal shows just how heartless her so-called guardians are. Filled with fascinating details of turn-of-the-century spiritualism and page-turning suspense, this lively novel features a feisty heroine whom readers will not soon forget.
Editions
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Candlewick Pr (April 8, 2008)
9780763638122 | details & prices | 389 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.80 lbs | List price $7.99
About: "People throw the word 'classic' about a lot, but A DROWNED MAIDEN'S HAIR genuinely deserves to become one.
About: "People throw the word 'classic' about a lot, but A DROWNED MAIDEN'S HAIR genuinely deserves to become one.
School and Library
from Candlewick Pr (October 1, 2006)
9780763629304 | details & prices | 389 pages | 5.25 × 7.50 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 1.05 lbs | List price $16.99
About: At the Barbary Asylum for Female Orphans, eleven-year-old Maud is adopted by three spinster sisters moonlighting as mediums who take her home and reveal to her the role she will play in their seances.
About: At the Barbary Asylum for Female Orphans, eleven-year-old Maud is adopted by three spinster sisters moonlighting as mediums who take her home and reveal to her the role she will play in their seances.
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