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001			on1378775549
003			OCoLC
005			20230926141919.0
008			230510t20232023nyua c 000 1 eng
010			_a 2023016249
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019			_a1395951776
020			_a9780823450732 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0823450732 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1378775549 _z(OCoLC)1395951776
042			_apcc
092			_aSCHMIDT _bG. Z.
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aSchmidt, G. Z. _q(Gail Zhuang), _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe curious vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby / _cG.Z. Schmidt.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2309
264		1	_aNew York : _bHoliday House, _c[2023]
264		4	_c2023
300			_a267 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
521	1		_aAges 8-12. _bHoliday House.
521	2		_aGrades 4-6. _bHoliday House.
520			_a"When six-year-old Beatrice Willoughby vanished at the Amadeuses' annual All Hallows Eve party, people in the tiny mountain town of Nevermore were quick to whisper: They were always odd. Their house is full of dark magic. And when Mort Amadeus was pegged for the crime, the Amadeuses, once the center of society, retreated. They closed their doors, disappeared from life. People almost forgot. Until thirteen years later, when six envelopes land at the doorstep of six households in town: We cordially invite you to a celebration on the 31st of October this Saturday evening at the Amadeus household. So begins the mystery of who was really responsible for the missing girl thirteen years ago. Was it Duchess von Pelt, whose face no one has ever seen? Mrs. Raven, the keeper of the local inn? Wormwood, the Amadeuses' mysterious caretaker? Dr. Foozle, the town pharmacist? Count Baines, who seems to know when unlucky things are about to happen? Judge Ophelius, who presided over Beatrice's case originally? Mr. and Mrs. H, a couple who no one can ever quite remember? Or somehow, might precocious, eleven-year-old Dewey and his storytelling dad, Chaucer, be somehow mixed up in all this? The guests must work together to identify the guilty party among them over the course of the evening--but beware the ticking clock, because at midnight, everything is going to change! Told from different perspectives, this is a sly, darkly funny mystery. Filled with strange characters and set in a mansion deep, deep in the woods. G. Z. Schmidt has crafted an unforgettable puzzle, perfect for reading on a dark autumn night" -- _cPublisher's description.
650		1	_aMystery and detective stories.
650		0	_aMissing children _vJuvenile fiction. _913104
650		0	_aMissing persons _vJuvenile fiction. _913354
655		7	_aDetective and mystery fiction. _2lcgft _9464
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c371523 _d371523