Summary
Life is never quite the same again for eleven-year-old David after the arrival of his new stepsister, a student of the occult. Full description
Summary: |
Life is never quite the same again for eleven-year-old David after the arrival of his new stepsister, a student of the occult. |
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Physical Description: |
219 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
Audience: |
Lexile: 900. |
Awards: |
Newbery Honor Book, 1972. |
ISBN: |
9781416995326 1416995323 9781416990529 (pbk.) 1416990526 (pbk.) |
Author Notes: |
Her first book, Season of Ponies, was published in 1964. She wrote more than 40 books during her lifetime including The Trespassers, Gib Rides Home, Gib and the Gray Ghost, and William's Midsummer Dreams. She has won numerous awards including three Newbery Honor books for The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid and The Witches of Worm and the 1995 John and Patricia Beatty Award for Cat Running. She died of complications from a stroke on October 08, 2014 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) |