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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

By Helen Grant

By Helen Grant

By Helen Grant

By Helen Grant

By Helen Grant
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By Helen Grant
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Apr 26, 2011 | ISBN 9780385344180

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Aug 10, 2010 | 536 Minutes

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    About The Vanishing of Katharina Linden

    After Pia’s grandmother dies in a freak accident, the neighbors in her little German hometown of Bad Münstereifel glance at Pia with wary eyes. But then something else captures the community’s attention: the vanishing of Katharina Linden. Katharina was last seen at a parade, dressed as Snow White. Then, like a character in a Grimm’s fairy tale, she disappeared. Ten-year-old Pia and her only friend, the unpopular StinkStefan, suspect that Katharina has been spirited away by the supernatural. Their investigation is inspired by such local legends as that of Unshockable Hans, visited by witches in the form of cats, or of the knight whose son is doomed to hunt forever. Then another girl vanishes, and Pia is plunged into a new and unnerving place, one far away from fairy tales—and perilously close to adulthood.

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    BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Helen Grant’s The Glass Demon.

    After Pia’s grandmother dies in a freak accident, the neighbors in her little German hometown of Bad Münstereifel glance at Pia with wary eyes. But then something else captures the community’s attention: the vanishing of Katharina Linden. Katharina was last seen at a parade, dressed as Snow White. Then, like a character in a Grimm’s fairy tale, she disappeared. Ten-year-old Pia and her only friend, the unpopular StinkStefan, suspect that Katharina has been spirited away by the supernatural. Their investigation is inspired by such local legends as that of Unshockable Hans, visited by witches in the form of cats, or of the knight whose son is doomed to hunt forever. Then another girl vanishes, and Pia is plunged into a new and unnerving place, one far away from fairy tales—and perilously close to adulthood.

    About The Vanishing of Katharina Linden

     
    Not since The Elegance of the Hedgehog has a book arrived in America from Europe on such wings of critical praise and popularity. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden is an unforgettable debut—at once chilling and endearing, haunting and richly insightful—the story of one girl’s big heart and even bigger imagination, and of a world full of mystery, good, and evil.
     
    It isn’t ten-year-old Pia’s fault that her grandmother dies in a freak accident. But tell that to the citizens of Pia’s little German hometown of Bad Münstereifel, or to the classmates who shun her. The only one who still wants to be her friend is StinkStefan, the most unpopular child in school.

    But then something else captures the community’s attention: the vanishing of Katharina Linden. Katharina was last seen on a float in a parade, dressed as Snow White. Then, like a character in a Grimm’s fairy tale, she disappears. But, this being real life, she doesn’t return.

    Pia and Stefan suspect that Katharina has been spirited away by the supernatural. Their investigation is inspired by the instructive—and cautionary—local legends told to them by their elderly friend Herr Schiller, tales such as that of Unshockable Hans, visited by witches in the form of cats, or of the knight whose son is doomed to hunt forever.

    Then another girl disappears, and Pia is plunged into a new and unnerving place, one far away from fairy tales—and perilously close to adulthood.

    Marvelously morbid, stunningly suspenseful, and exceptionally winning, The Vanishing of Katharina Linden is a new coming-of-age classic, and the most accomplished fiction debut in years.

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    About Helen Grant

    Helen Grant is the author of The Glass Demon and The Vanishing of Katharina Linden, winner of the American Library Association Alex Award and shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize and the CILIP Carnegie Medal.

    About Helen Grant

    Helen Grant is the author of The Glass Demon and The Vanishing of Katharina Linden, winner of the American Library Association Alex Award and shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize and the CILIP Carnegie Medal.

    About Helen Grant

    Helen Grant is the author of The Glass Demon and The Vanishing of Katharina Linden, winner of the American Library Association Alex Award and shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize and the CILIP Carnegie Medal.

    Product Details

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Bantam
    Apr 26, 2011 | 320 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385344180

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Delacorte Press
    Aug 10, 2010 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780440339618

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Aug 10, 2010 | 536 Minutes | ISBN 9780307737403

    Praise

    WINNER OF THE ALA ALEX AWARD

    “Both a wonderful first novel and a strange, haunting modern fairy tale.”—John Connolly
     
    “A stunning debut.”—Rick Riordan

    “Steeped in spooky legends and set in a country that, for all its present-day serenity, can’t fully escape the burden of its harrowing past, this is a mystery with unusual resonance.”—The Washington Post

    “A rich and haunting read with nearly flawless writing.”—The Roanoke Times

    “A contemporary story that feels age-old, too . . . dotted with creepy tales.”—The New York Times
     
    “Outstanding.”—The Times (London)

    Awards

    Alex Award – YALSA WINNER 2011

    Margaret A. Edwards Award (Alex Awards) WINNER 2011

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