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The Carrefour Curse

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Availability:In StockContributor:Dianne K. SalerniAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2024-09-17Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Holiday HouseISBN-13:9780823458868ISBN-10:823458865UPC:9780823458868Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Action & Adventure, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Paranormal, Occult & SupernaturalSize:8.24 x 5.61 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCEYKXCF2X
The Addams Family meets The Westing Game in this exhilarating mystery about a modern magical dynasty trapped in the ruins of their once-grand, now-crumbling ancestral home.

***Three Starred Reviews***

Twelve-year-old Garnet regrets that she doesn't know her family. Her mother has done her best to keep it that way, living far from the rest of the magical Carrefour clan and their dark, dangerous mansion known as Crossroad House.

But when Garnet finally gets summoned to the estate, it isn't quite what she hoped for. Her relatives are strange and quarrelsome, each room in Crossroad House is more dilapidated than the last, and she can't keep straight which dusty hallways and cobwebbed corners are forbidden.

Then Garnet learns the family secret: their dying patriarch fights to retain his life by stealing power from others. Every accident that isn't an accident, every unexpected illness and unexplained disappearance grants Jasper Carrefour a little more time. While the Carrefours squabbles over who will inherit his role when (if) he dies, Garnet encounters evidence of an even deeper curse. Was she brought to Crossroad House as part of the curse . . . or is she meant to break it?

Written with loads of creepy atmosphere and an edge-of-your-seat magical mystery, this thrilling story reads like The Haunting of Hill House for preteens. Perfect for late-night reading under the covers.

A Kirkus Reviews' Best Middle Grade Book of the Year
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
An Evanston Public Library Great Book for Kids
Language:EnglishPublisher:Holiday HouseISBN-13:9780823458868ISBN-10:823458865UPC:9780823458868Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Action & Adventure, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Paranormal, Occult & SupernaturalSize:8.24 x 5.61 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCEYKXCF2X
Dianne K. Salerni has written many books for children and young adults, including state-award nominated series The Eighth Day and Junior Library Guild selections Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts and Jadie in Five Dimensions. She attended the University of Delaware and the University of Pennsylvania before teaching fourth and fifth grades for many years. Now Dianne spends her time hanging around creepy cemeteries, climbing 2,000-year-old pyramids for book research, and volunteering at her local rescue animal shelter. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family. Visit her at www.diannesalerni.com.
Publisher: Holiday House

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