ISBN |
9780241491331 (paperback) |
Name |
Stachera, Helenka author. |
Title |
Fin and the memory curse / Helenka Stachera ; illustrated by Marco Guadalupi. |
Published |
London : Puffin Books, 2022. |
©2022 |
Description |
306 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
Notes |
"The more they remember, the more they forget..." -- Cover. |
Includes an excerpt from The Ice Whisperers. |
Summary |
London, 1866. When a foundling called Fin is out selling leeches one day, she discovers she is the long-lost daughter of a fantastically rich family, and they want Fin to come home. But when she arrives at Castle Kaminski, Fin senses that there is something terrible at the heart of this great house. Soon, she will be forced to use everything she has learned on the streets of London to stay alive for the Kaminskis are haunted by an ancient evil that feeds on the family's memories. And Fin is the only one who can stop it...This is a book full of magic and adventure. |
Target audience note |
8-11 years old. |
Subjects |
Girls -- Juvenile fiction |
Foundlings -- Juvenile fiction |
Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction |
Families -- Juvenile fiction |
Memory -- Juvenile fiction |
Haunted places -- Juvenile fiction |
Magic -- Juvenile fiction |
Children's stories |
London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction |
Genre |
Fantasy fiction |
Paranormal fiction |
Historical fiction |
Other Names |
Guadalupi, Marco illustrator. |
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