This amazing book is about a young girl who finds a battered pendant of an ivory rose. Suddenly, she is whisked back in time and finds herself as a young maidservant. She has to stop a murderer and get herself back to the present. i recommend this book to older children and adults.
The Ivory Rose
By Belinda Murrell
A timeslip tale of mystery, murder, and trying to find the way home
Georgie’s sad. She wants me to help her. Can’t you see her, Jemma? She’s right there.
Jemma has just landed her first babysitting job, in one of the famous Witches’ Houses. Sammy says it’s haunted, but Jemma doesn’t know what to believe. One day Jemma discovers an ivory rose charm. As she touches it she sees a terrifying flashback. Is it the moment the ghost girl was murdered? Jemma runs away but tumbles down the stairs. She wakes up in 1895, unable to get home. Jemma becomes a maid—but all is not well in the grand house. Jemma begins to suspect that the young heiress, Georgiana, is being poisoned. Now she must find the proof and rescue her friend—before time runs out.
Georgie’s sad. She wants me to help her. Can’t you see her, Jemma? She’s right there.
Jemma has just landed her first babysitting job, in one of the famous Witches’ Houses. Sammy says it’s haunted, but Jemma doesn’t know what to believe. One day Jemma discovers an ivory rose charm. As she touches it she sees a terrifying flashback. Is it the moment the ghost girl was murdered? Jemma runs away but tumbles down the stairs. She wakes up in 1895, unable to get home. Jemma becomes a maid—but all is not well in the grand house. Jemma begins to suspect that the young heiress, Georgiana, is being poisoned. Now she must find the proof and rescue her friend—before time runs out.
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN-13: 9780857986986
ISBN-10: 0857986988
Published on 10/1/2015
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 288