Eleven-year-old Thomasine lives in her great-great Aunt Henrietta’s dusty, dark house with her father and her aunt, uncle, and cousins. The relatives are all troubled in one way or another. There are no mirrors in the house. Except one night, the youngest cousin finds a wardrobe, filled with all the missing mirrors. The mirror images reveal other sides of the old house and a mysterious young girl. Twenty magical black and white illustrations enhance this moving ghost story. mjw |
| Title: A House Without Mirrors Author: Marten Sanden Illustrator: Moa Schulman Publisher: Pushkin Children’s Books Copyright: 2013 Original language: Swedish Translator: Karin Altenberg Original title: Ett hus utan speglar Original publisher: Rabén & Sjögen Original copyright: 2012 ISBN: 978-1782690078 Paperback pages: 192 Age range: 9-11 Genre: Fiction Author’s residence: Sweden Illustrator’s residence: Sweden Subjects: Europe, Ghost stories, Northern Europe, Sweden |

Eleven-year-old Thomasine lives in her great-great Aunt Henrietta’s dusty, dark house with her father and her aunt, uncle, and cousins. The relatives are all troubled in one way or another. There are no mirrors in the house. Except one night, the youngest cousin finds a wardrobe, filled with all the missing mirrors. The mirror images reveal other sides of the old house and a mysterious young girl. Twenty magical black and white illustrations enhance this moving ghost story. mjw
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