Painted Devil
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- Mar 1994
- Category
- General, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Suspense
- Recommended Age
- 12 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 7 to 12
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781895555486
- Publish Date
- Mar 1994
- List Price
- $9.95
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Description
When Alice accepts a job helping to stage a Punch-and-Judy show at the library, all she wants is a break from the tensions at home. But mysterious, frightening events take place as the show draws nearer. Only Alice's aunt Emily suspects that the truth lies buried in the past. Will she and Alice be able to discover the dreadful secret of the puppet show in time to save themselves?
In this chilling novel, Michael Bedard explores the nature of evil - and of hope.
About the author
Michael Bedard is a multi-award-winning author of middle-grade and young-adult novels that blend his love of literature with a flair for the ominous. His novels include A Darker Magic, The Green Man, and Redwork, which won the Governor General’s Literary Award and the CLA Book of the Year Award for Children. Michael was born and raised in Toronto, where he still lives.
