By Newbery Medallist Laura Amy Schlitz. "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 chooses her to take home, the girl is pleased but baffled, until she learns of her new role: helping to stage elaborate seances for bereaved patrons. As Maud is drawn deeper into the deception, playing the "secret child", she is torn between her need to please and her growing conscience. It takes a shocking betrayal to make clear just how heartless her so-called guardians are. Filled with fascinating details of turn-of-the-century spiritualism and page-turning suspense, this novel from Newbery Medallist Laura Amy Schlitz features a feisty heroine whom readers will not soon forget.

About the Author
Laura Amy Schlitz, author of Fire Spell and the Newbery Medal-winner Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village, has spent most of her life working as a librarian and professional storyteller. She has also written plays for young people that have been performed in professional theatres all over the US. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Reviews
Included in a roundup of perfect selections for mother's day * Hartford-New Haven Journal Inquirer *
Reviewed * The Buffalo News *
Recommended as a movie adaptation and praised for paperback cover * A Fuse #8 Production (School Library Journal blog) *
Laura Amy Schlitz interviewed. * Bibliocracy Radio/KPFK 90.7 FM *
This child's eye perspective on spiritualism has the feel of a classic, with gorgeous prose, some suitably gothic twists and a feisty but vulnerable heroine that modern readers will identify with. Compulsively readable. * Children's Books Ireland Recommended Read *
Entertaining as well as informative. -- Carousel * Carousel *



Book Information
ISBN 9781406354164
Author Laura Amy Schlitz
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Walker Books Ltd
Publisher Walker Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 321g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 28mm