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The Moonstone Legacy

by Diana de Gunzburg, Tony Wild, Tony Wild · 2010

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In a sacred cave high in the mountains of northern India, a white-haired hermit sits cross-legged, and signs his final testament: "George Abercrombie, 1874...". In present-day England, fourteen years old Lizzy Abercrombie's mother dies in a tragic accident on the full moon. But was it really an accident? Lizzy discovers that her death may be linked to a mysterious family curse. Determined to solve the mystery, her quest takes her from a doomed Anglo-Indian mansion on the Yorkshire moors to India where she uncovers the terrible truth about her ancestor and a stolen inheritance. But her discoveries put her in mortal danger from a ruthless enemy...

Genre
British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
mothersmothersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisIndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 304 pages

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