Book description
An ivory rose charm is the beginning of a terrifying adventure in 1890s
Sydney in this gothic ghost story - another thrilling time slip tale for
girls from best-loved author Belinda Murrell. Jemma has just landed her
first job, babysitting Sammy. It's in Rosethorne, one of the famous
witches' houses near where she lives. Sammy says the house is haunted by
a sad little girl, but Jemma doesn't know what to believe. One day when
the two girls are playing hide and seek, Jemma discovers a rose charm
made of ivory. As she touches the charm she sees a terrifying flashback.
Is it the moment the ghost was murdered? Jemma runs for her life,
falling down the stairs and tumbling into unconsciousness. She wakes up
in 1895, unable to get home. Jemma becomes an apprentice maidservant at
Rosethorne - but all is not well in the grand house. Young heiress
Georgiana is constantly sick. Jemma begins to suspect Georgiana is being
poisoned, but who would poison her, and why? Jemma must find the proof
in order to rescue her friend - before time runs out. Belinda Murrell
has worked as a travel journalist, technical writer, editor and public
relations consultant. Her overseas adventures inspired her work as a
travel writer for the West Australian newspaper and Out & About With
Kids travel magazine. Her work has also appeared in the Sun Herald,
Sunday Telegraph and Sydney Morning Herald. While Belinda studied
Children's Literature at Macquarie University, her passion for
children's books was reignited when she had her own three children and
began telling and writing stories for Nick, Emily and Lachlan. Belinda's
books include the Sun Sword fantasy trilogy, Scottish timeslip tale The
Locket Of Dreams, French Revolution timeslip tale The Ruby Talisman,
Australian timeslip tale The Ivory Rose and Australian World War II tale
The Forgotten Pearl.
