The Mysterious Messenger

by Gilbert Ford

Book Overview

The Mysterious Messenger is a rich middle grade urban fantasy debut starring young psychic Maria de la Cruz, by the award-winning artist Gilbert Ford.

Eleven-year-old Maria de la Cruz is trapped under the thumb of Madame Destine, her pseudo-psychic mother. Destine is a bona fide con artist who will stop at nothing to swindle her customers into believing she can communicate with the dead. But Maria, unlike her mother, has a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250205670
• ISBN13: 9781250205674
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7