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by Eva Frantz (Author), Annie Prime (Translator), Elin Sandström (Illustrator)
A SPOOKILY MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TALE FULL OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE, from the prize-winning author of The Mystery of Raspberry Hill
Twelve-year-old Flora Winter and her mother are off to the small seaside town of Helmersbruk for Christmas. When they arrive, Flora soon discovers an abandoned mansion straight out of a fairytale.But it's not just the manor that's mysterious - porcelain figures are appearing out of nowhere, a strange boy in a green cap seeks her friendship, and she hears eerie whispers in the night.
Flora is determined to unravel the secrets of Helmersbruk Manor - but as the clock ticks down to Christmas, Flora must solve the mystery before time runs out.
Author Biography
Eva Frantz is a Finnish author and journalist. She was already an award-winning writer of crime novels for grown-ups when she wrote her first book for children, The Mystery of Raspberry Hill, which won the Runeberg Junior Prize. She currently lives in a lovely yellow house in Esbo with a lovely husband and three mostly lovely children. The Secret of Helmersbruk Manor is her second spooky book for children published by Pushkin Press.
A. A. Prime is an award-winning translator of Swedish and Finland-Swedish literary fiction and non-fiction. She also writes, edits, reviews books, and translates from Russian, Spanish and French. Elin Sandström is a Swedish illustrator and graphic designer with an eye for the supernatural and ghostly.
Number of Pages: 272
Dimensions: 1 x 10.1 x 7.3 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: September 24, 2024
