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Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop

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When ninth-grader Gilda travels to an international piano competition in Oxford, England, as page turner for her friend Wendy Choy, she finds adventure investigating why Wendy is being haunted and who is frightening the performers, while enjoying a romance with a British boy and her first kiss.

Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
medium · 300 pages

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