Here are only a few of the wonderful, strange, and mysterious elements in this breathtaking visit to the Kingdoms and Empires: A very proper girl named Lillian Velvet, living a very lonely life with a nasty Grandmother.
In THE Secret OF Lillian Velvet she is at the height of her storytelling powers, spinning, spinning, spinning seemingly disparate elements until all is revealed as one delicious, tantalizing whole..
Who IS this Lillian Velvet? And what is her secret? Only Jaclyn Moriarty has the ability to make readers laugh, even while they grip the sides of their chairs in suspense.
And a web of dangerous magic closing tight around all.
A family, each member in mortal danger, who are strangers to Lillian (but whom clever readers will recognize).
A small boy in a barn about to be crushed to death by a load of hay.
A jar of coins, each with the power to take Lillian on a journey to a different time and place...and also to grant a single wish.
Here are only a few of the wonderful, strange, and mysterious elements in this breathtaking visit to the Kingdoms and Empires: A very proper girl named Lillian Velvet, living a very lonely life with a nasty Grandmother