Bøger af Jaclyn Moriarty

The fifth in the Bronte Mettlestone series, Lillian Velvet lives with her unpleasant grandmother when one day she is given a jar of coins that take her through time and space, providing answers to questions she didn't even know about... what exactly is the secret of Lillian Velvet?

"Here are only a few of the wonderful, strange, and mysterious elements in this breathtaking visit to the Kingdoms and Empires: A very proper girl named Lillian Velvet, living a very lonely life with a nasty Grandmother. A jar of coins, each with the power to take Lillian on a journey to a different time and place...and also to grant a single wish. A small boy in a barn about to be crushed to death by a load of hay. A family, each member in mortal danger, who are strangers to Lillian (but whom clever readers will recognize). And a web of dangerous magic closing tight around all. Who IS this Lillian Velvet? And what is her secret?"--

Bronte Mettlestone tiene diez años cuando recibe un telegrama en el que le informan que unos piratas asesinaron a sus padres. Esto no la afecta demasiado: sus padres se fueron en busca de aventuras cuando ella era apenas una bebé. Se crió con su tía Isabelle (con la asistencia del mayordomo) y ha pasado una linda infancia entre tardes de té y paseos a caballo. Sus padres le dejaron un testamento con instrucciones detalladas (instrucciones que, para colmo, fueron reforzadas con punto de cruz de hadas, lo que significa que si no se cumplen al pie de la letra, ¡podrían pasar cosas terribles!). Entonces Bronte inicia un viaje a través de los reinos, completamente sola, para repartir los diez regalos que sus padres le dejaron a sus tías: una es dueña de una huerta de naranjas, otra es veterinaria especialista en dragones, dos son capitanas de un barco, y otra más es una rock star y actual monarca de un pequeño reino. Pero mientras va de visita en visita, Bronte empieza a sospechar que quizás este viaje sea más queuna simple entrega de regalos... ¡Dragones, magia oscura y piratas!

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