num_pages: 400
description: "People throw the word 'classic' about a lot, but A DROWNED MAIDEN'S HAIR genuinely deserves to become one." — WALL STREET JOURNALMaud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence. So when the charming Miss Hawthorne chooses her to take home, the girl is pleased but baffled, until it becomes clear that she’s needed to help stage elaborate séances for bereaved 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 shows just how heartless her so-called guardians are. Filled with fascinating details of turn-of-the-century spiritualism and page-turning suspense, this lively novel features a feisty heroine whom readers will not soon forget.
language: English
title: A Drowned Maiden's Hair
titlecomplete: A Drowned Maiden's Hair
genres: Fiction, Paranormal, Juvenile, Childrens, Young Adult, Fantasy, Historical, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 4585
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