Once a Queen: A Novel (The Carrick Hall Novels)

ISBN: 0593194454

Author: Arthur, Sarah

Condition: New

CHRISTY AWARD FINALIST A mysterious manor house hides the keys to shocking family secrets-and rapidly fading portals to other worlds-in the richly woven opener to bestselling author Sarah Arthurs young adult fantasy series.A fresh, delightful new tale for our wonder-hungry era.-National Book Award nominee Mitali PerkinsWhen fourteen-year-old American Eva Joyce unexpectedly finds herself spending the summer at the mysterious manor house of the English grandmother shes never met, she soon discovers that her family, the manor staff, and even the house itself are hiding secrets.With odd things happening in the gardens at night, Eva embarks on a search for answers. Astonishingly, she learns that the Halls staff believe portals to other worlds exist-though hidden and steadily disappearing-and that Evas grandmother was once a queen in one of those worlds. But her grandmothers heart is closed to the beauty and pain of the past. Now its up to Eva to discover what really happened-and to decide if its possible that her favorite childhood fairy tales are true. As she starts unraveling the dangerous secrets around the grandmother who is more than she appears, Eva begins to wonder if she, too, is more than she understood herself to be.