annika Is Happy Living In The Servants' Quarters Of A House Owned By Three Eccentric Professors. She Adores Ellie And Sigrid, The Cook And Housemaid Who Found Her As A Baby, Abandoned On A Church Doorstep. In The Eleven Years Since, They Have Taught Her How To Bake And Clean To Perfection. Then One Day A Glamorous Stranger Arrives, Claiming To Be Annika's Mother. Annika Is No Servant, She Learns, But An Aristocrat Whose True Home Is An Ancient Castle. But At Crumbling Spittal, Annika Discovers That All Is Not As It Seems In The Lives Of Her Newfound Family. . .
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in A Starred Review, Pw Wrote, Although There Are No Ghosts At Large, This Fairytale-like Novel Set In Vienna During Franz Joseph's Reign Features The Same Unique Blend Of Bigger-than-life Adventure, Sparkling Wit And Intricate Plotting That Characterizes Ibbotson's Previous Novels. Ages 8-up. (apr.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Fantasy
- Fairy Tales & Folklore
- Fantasy
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
Publisher : Dutton Juvenile
Author : Ibbotson, Eva
Language : English
Edition : First Edition, First Printing
Published :2004-10-25
Number Of Pages : 416
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0525473475
ISBN-13 : 9780525473473
Item weight : 1.25 lb
Dimensions : 1.5 in x 5.8 in x 8.6 in
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