The Vanishing Of Katharina Linden Av Helen Grant

<p>Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Helen Grant''s first teen novel <i>The Vanishing of Katharina Linden</i> follows a misfit teenager as she attempts to unravel the mystery of several strange disappearances in the small town of Bad Münstereifel. <i>The Vanishing of Katharina Linden</i> bridges the world of the traditional Grimm fairytale with the darker world of Angela Carter''s adult fairytales.<br><br>On the day Katharina Linden disappears, Pia is the last person to see her. Terror is spreading through the town. How could a ten-year-old girl vanish in a place where everybody knows everybody else?<br><br>Pia is determined to find out what happened to Katharina.<br><br>But then the next girl disappears. . .<br><br>''For something so chilling, it is terrific entertainment''<i> Sunday Times</i><br><br>''Grant''s splendid debut...is a feast of treats and creeps. Wonderful'' <i>Guardian</i><br><br>''A strange, haunting modern fairy tale'' John Connolly, author of <i>The Book of Lost Things</i><br><br>The setting of the small German town of Bad Münstereifel, in Helen Grant''s debut novel <i>The Vanishing of Katharina Linden</i>, is based on her own experience of emigrating there from England as a child. Her other darkly thrilling young adult novels, <i>The Glass Demon</i> and <i>Wish Me Dead</i>, are also available from Penguin.</p>