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A Curse Dark as Gold

by Elizabeth C Bunce

A Curse Dark as Gold Cover

ISBN13: 9780439895767
ISBN10: 0439895766
Condition: Standard
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"If you'll allow me to demonstrate, I do think I could be of some help to you here."

I smiled tightly. "You'd have to be able to make gold appear from thin air to be much help to us now, I'm afraid."

"Gold, you say?" he said quietly. "Well, not out of the air, maybe, but--" He reached toward Rosie and drew a length of straw free from her hat. From out of a pocket in his jacket appeared an old-fashioned handheld drop spindle, the kind no one uses anymore, and he sent it spinning with a turn of his hand. Slowly, as we watched, he drew out the straw and spun it--spun it! (CONT.)

As if it were a roving of wool! Rosie and I stood there and watched him, moment by moment, as the spindle bobbed and twirled. Something pulled out from the brown straw and through his knobby fingers, and where it should have gone onto the spindle, the finest strands of gleaming gold threads appeared. Round and round the spindle went, and the gleaming of gold turned with it. I don't know how long we watched it, turning and turning, flashing gold with every revolution. I could not take my eyes away.

Synopsis:

Charlotte Miller has always scoffed at talk of a curse on her family's woolen mill, which holds her beloved town together. But after her father's death, the bad luck piles up. Then a stranger named Jack Spinner makes a tempting offer: he can turn straw into gold.

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ISBN:
9780439895767
Author:
Bunce, Elizabeth C
Publisher:
Arthur A. Levine Books
Author:
Bunce, Elizabeth C.
Author:
Bunce, Elizabeth
Subject:
Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
Subject:
Fairy Tales & Folklore - General
Subject:
Sisters
Subject:
Orphans
Subject:
Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title
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Publication Date:
March 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
- Up
Language:
English
Pages:
395
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8.32x5.89x1.25 in. 1.22 lbs.
Age Level:
12-UP

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