A Bitter Magic
Roderick Townley
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· 2 ratings · 306 pages · Published: 10 Nov 2015
Everything is in place: the packed theater, the Amazing Thummel, and, center stage, the magician's mysterious assistant. Some have called her the most beautiful woman in Europe.
Then, in a swirl of light, she vanishes!
An astounding illusion, but she never reappears. All that remains are a bloodstained white scarf and her daughter, Cisley, who lives in a glass castle and walks her pet lobster each morning by the sea.
Enter Cole, a rambunctious boy from town and Cisley's first true friend. Together they hunt for clues to her mother's disappearance. They puzzle over broken mirrors, ever-shifting labyrinths, a closet full of whispering ball gowns, and a fatal quest for a pure black rose.
Roderic Townley spins a deliciously spooky tale of one girl's journey to discover what's real and what is simply an illusion.
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- mystery 3
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- paranormal 2
- time travel 2
- supernatural 2
- rural 2
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- friendship 1
- family 1
- children 1
- law enforcement 1
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- middle grade 3
- young adult 3
- book 1
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