The silver crown
By: Robert C. O'Brien.
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Fantasy.
Description: Soon after waking up on her tenth birthday to find a silver crown on her pillow, Ellen's house burns down, her parents disappear, and she is launched on an adventure involving a trek through the woods, a castle full of brainwashed captives, and the powerful Hieronymus Machine which wants her crown.