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The darkling

Charles Butler

1997164 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1997
first published
  • 1997Orion Children's · 168 pages · ENGISBN 9781858813783
  • 1998Margaret K. McElderry Books · 164 pages · ENGISBN 9780689817960

As her father seems to be getting his life together two years after her mother's death, fifteen-year-old Petra has a strange encounter with an eccentric old recluse that somehow links her father and her to a tragic past love affair.

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AtmosphereWhimsical

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Character focusSmall ensemble

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