David Fickling Books (a division of Random House) sent me a copy of this book for review (thank you). It's currently in the market and you can get a copy at your local bookstore.
Verity is different from her youngest sister and wonders if any man will ever be interested in such a "Plain Jane". But when she finds a strange man crying in the library and he gives her an ancient red book, her life changes and she doesn't have time to worry about that anymore...
This story is full of action, danger, and skulduggery and reads quickly. Verity doesn't understand exactly what she is up against, but she must stop it. The setting is a small sea village in the UK that makes it almost eerie to begin with and the various troubles floating under the surface of normal all come to a boiling point with the arrival of Verity's grandmother.
Why not jump into this adventure and see how you would have acted under such adverse conditions. I was rooting for Verity all the way through the story.
Happy reading!
