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Twin Spell

by Janet Lunn · 1968

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Strangely attracted to an antique doll, twelve-year-old twins buy the toy and soon find themselves haunted by powerful and tragic memories of ancestral twins who had also been owners of the doll.

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mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
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OntarioOntarioMore like thisLess of thisCanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
short · 158 pages

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