num_pages: 418
description: When Ichabod Crane arrives in the spooky little village of Sleepy Hollow as the new schoolmaster Katrina Van Tassel is instantly drawn to him. Through their shared love of books and music they form a friendship that quickly develops into romance. Ichabod knows that as an itinerant schoolteacher of little social standing he has nothing to offer the wealthy Katrina  unlike her childhood friend-turned-enemy Brom Van Brunt who is the suitor Katrinas father favors.But when romance gives way to passion Ichabod and Katrina embark on a secret love affair sneaking away into the woods after dark to be together  all while praying they do not catch sight of Sleepy Hollows legendary Headless Horseman. That is until All Hallowss Eve when Ichabod suddenly disappears leaving Katrina alone and in a perilous position.Enlisting the help of her friend  and rumored witch  Charlotte Jansen Katrina seeks the truth of Ichabod Cranes disappearance investigating the forest around Sleepy Hollow using unconventional  often magical  means. What they find forces Katrina to question everything she once knew and to wonder if the Headless Horseman is perhaps more than just a story after all. In Alyssa Palombo's The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel nothing is as it seems and love is a thing even death won't erase.
language: English
title: The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel: A Story of Sleepy Hollow
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin