The Vanishing Act

by Mette Jakobsen

Book Overview

On a small snow-covered island live twelve-year-old Minou, her philosopher Papa, a priest, Boxman the magician, and a clever dog called No-Name. A year earlier Minou's mother left the house wearing her best shoes and carrying a large black umbrella. She never returned. Can her mother's mysterious disappearance be explained by the equally enigmatic appearance of a dead boy, washed up on the beach one year later? Unwilling to accept her mother's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393345939
• ISBN13: 9780393345933
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.0"