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"A magical timeslip adventure set in Scotland of the 1850s and present-day Sydney Sophie discovers a golden locket in an old treasure box that belonged to her grandmother's grandmother. When she falls asleep wearing the locket, she magically travels back in time to 1858 to learn the truth about the mysterious Charlotte Mackenzie. Daughter of a wealthy Scottish laird, Charlotte and her sister Nell live a wonderful life with their parents and animals, on a misty island with its own ruined show more castle. Then disaster strikes and it seems the girls will lose everything they love. Why were Charlotte and Nell sent halfway around the world to live with strangers? Did their wicked uncle steal their inheritance? What happened to the priceless sapphire - the Star of Serendib? With the magic of the golden locket, Sophie begins to unravel the mysteries as she shares the adventures of Charlotte and Nell - outwitting their greedy relatives, escaping murderous bushrangers, and fighting storm and fire. But how will her travels in time affect Sophie's own life?" show lessTags
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35 Works 496 Members
Belinda Murrell is the author of Lulu Bell and the Sea Turtle, which made the shortlist for the Wilderness Society 2015 children's book awards in the Fiction category. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- The Locket of Dreams
Classifications
- Genres
- Kids, Fiction and Literature, Tween
- DDC/MDS
- 823.4 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1625-1702
- LCC
- H2014 — Social sciences
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 36
- Popularity
- 800,558
- Rating
- (4.25)
- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 1
