num_pages: 389
description: Maud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence, so when the charming Miss Hyacinth and her sister choose Maud to take home with them, the girl is as baffled as anyone. It seems the sisters need Maud to help stage elaborate séances for bereaved, wealthy patrons. As Maud is drawn deeper into the deception, playing her role as a "secret child," she is torn between her need to please and her growing conscience – until a shocking betrayal makes clear just how heartless her so-called guardians are. Filled with tantalizing details of turn-of-the-century spiritualism and page-turning suspense, this lively historical novel features a winning heroine whom readers will not soon forget.
language: English
title: A Drowned Maiden's Hair
titlecomplete: A Drowned Maiden's Hair
genres: Paranormal, Historical, Fantasy, Mystery, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 4583
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Candlewick Press