num_pages: 145
description: The Martin children, Elizabeth, Jenny and Harry, visit their friend Mrs. Cavour in her extraordinary garden to complain about their unsympathetic housekeeper, The Gloom. Mrs. Cavour tells them about a wonderful market where children can find new mothers. The Martins like the idea of replacing The Gloom with a real mother, but discover that choosing a mother they really want is harder than they thought.
language: English
title: The Mummy Market
titlecomplete: The Mummy Market
genres: Childrens, Fiction, Fantasy, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 101
publisher: Harper & Row