A Curse Dark as Gold
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Chapter Book · Ages 12–+ · 2008 · Est. 12 hour read

A Curse Dark as Gold

By Elizabeth C. Bunce

A cursed mill, a mysterious stranger, and a deal that could change everything. Can Charlotte save her town?

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396 pages· 105,878 words· Est. 12 hour read
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Charlotte Miller never believed in the curse on her family's woolen mill. But after her father's death, misfortune strikes: workers leave, debts rise, and her uncle pressures her. Enter Jack Spinner, a stranger with a magical offer to spin straw into gold for a price. As Charlotte navigates this dangerous bargain and a budding romance with the local banker, she must uncover the truth behind the curse to save her community. Will she unravel the mystery in time, or will the cost be too great?

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Charlotte Miller has always scoffed at talk of a curse on her family’s woolen mill, which holds her beloved small town together. But after her father’s death, the bad luck piles up: departing workers, impossible debts, an overbearing uncle. Then a stranger named Jack Spinner offers a tempting proposition: He can turn straw into gold thread, for the small price of her mother’s ring. As Charlotte is drawn deeper into her bargains with Spinner-and a romance with the local banker-she must unravel the truth of the curse on the mill and save the community she’s always called home.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
396
Words
105,878
Reading age
12–99+
Audience
Young Adult
Lexile
840L
Themes & topics
Books about ghostsBooks about sistersBooks about unclesBooks about orphans
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5.9
F&P level
~T
AR points
17
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
121466
Publication
Published
March 1, 2008
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780439895767

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