The midnight dress
By: Karen Foxlee
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780375856457; 9780375956454; 9780449818213; 9780702249648
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Juvenile fiction; Sewing; Single-parent families; Fiction; Schools; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Friendship; Alcoholism; Mystery and detective stories
Description: Rose, nearly sixteen, is used to traveling around with her alcoholic father but connects with the people of a small, coastal Australian town, especially classmate Pearl and reclusive Edie, who teaches her to sew a magical dress for the Harvest Festival while a mystery unfolds around them.
Notes: "A Junior Library Guild Selection"--Jacket flap.

Accelerated Reader UG 4.7 10.

Reading Counts High School 5.4 18.