Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Helen Grant''s first teen novel The Vanishing of Katharina Linden follows a misfit teenager as she attempts to unravel the mystery of several strange disappearances in the small town of Bad Münstereifel. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden bridges the world of the traditional Grimm fairytale with the darker world of Angela Carter''s adult fairytales.
On the day Katharina Linden disappears, Pia is the last person to see herTerror is spreading through the town. How could a ten-year-old girl vanish in a place where everybody knows everybody else?
Pia is determined to find out what happened to Katharina.
But then the next girl disappears. . .
''For something so chilling, it is terrific entertainment'' Sunday Times
''Grant''s splendid debut...is a feast of treats and creepsWonderful'' Guardian
''A strange, haunting modern fairy tale'' John Connolly, author of The Book of Lost Things
The setting of the small German town of Bad Münstereifel, in Helen Grant''s debut novel The Vanishing of Katharina Linden, is based on her own experience of emigrating there from England as a childHer other darkly thrilling young adult novels, The Glass Demon and Wish Me Dead, are also available from Penguin.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
352 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2009-04-02 |
| ISBN |
9780141325736 |
