Spindrift and the Orchid

By Emma Trevayne

Book Overview

A young girl finds herself entrenched in a dark mystery after the deaths of her parents in this "beautifully written" (School Library Journal) fantastical novel from the author of The House of Months and Years.

When a man walks into her grandfather's curiosity shop and asks about a black orchid, Spindrift turns him away. She's never seen such a thing.

Until one night it appears. Spindrift, an orphan, has one keepsake from her parents...a clear glass orb. Except it's not quite clear anymore. She watches as a black orchid forms inside the crystal. Then the flower blooms into a towering woman in a dress of midnight silk and air, a woman with the power to grant wishes.

It's fun, at first.

But having everything you want is hard to hide. And soon, Spindrift--and her orchid--are being hunted.

Left running for her life, Spindrift must ask herself who her parents really were, and whether a wish is really just a curse in disguise.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481462601
• ISBN13: 9781481462600
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7