- Mystery and detective stories, Detective and mystery stories, Paranormal fiction, Juvenile fiction
Nore arrives at her stepmother's Louisiana plantation to find her new family odd and an aura of evil and mystery about the place.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Lois Duncan
- First published
- 1985
- Pages
- 209
- Publisher
- Edmonton Public Schools, Resource Development Services, Hamilton, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780316195553
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“WHEN I look in the mirror, the girl I see there is pretty.”
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