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The Carrefour curse / by Dianne K. Salerni.

Summary:

"Twelve-year-old Garnet regrets that she doesn’t know her family. Her mother has done her best to keep it that way, living far from the rest of the magical Carrefour clan and their dark, dangerous mansion known as Crossroad House. But when Garnet finally gets summoned to the estate, it isn’t quite what she hoped for. Her relatives are strange and quarrelsome, each room in Crossroad House is more dilapidated than the last, and she can’t keep straight which dusty hallways and cobwebbed corners are forbidden. Then Garnet learns the family secret: their dying patriarch fights to retain his life by stealing power from others. Every accident that isn’t an accident, every unexpected illness and unexplained disappearance grants Jasper Carrefour a little more time. While the Carrefours squabbles over who will inherit his role when (if) he dies, Garnet encounters evidence of an even deeper curse. Was she brought to Crossroad House as part of the curse... or is she meant to break it?" -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780823452675
ISBN: 0823452670
ISBN: 9780823458868
ISBN: 0823458865
ISBN: 9780800075811
ISBN: 0800075811
Physical Description: 218 pages : illustrations, plans ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Holiday House, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:	Ages 8-12. Holiday House. Grades 4-6. Holiday House.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.2 8 521616.
Awards Note:	Truman Readers Award nominee, 2025-2026.