The stage beneath her began to turn, and then suddenly it was not a stage, but a carousel populated by wolves and wild dogs and other dark beasts. They were fixed in place on the carousel, and yet somehow they were alive, roaring and howling as the carousel spun faster and faster through the darkness. The bench she'd been sitting on had become a vicious hound. It yapped and growled as she clung to its black fur in terror. Chloe McBride has some reservations about spending the summer with her elderly great-aunts, but her initial reluctance is outweighed by her curiosity concerning the tiny key that was sent with her aunts' invitation. She's also anxious to put the memory of a disastrous piano recital as far behind her as possible. Convinced that the key was sent as a challenge to solve a family mystery, Chloe begins searching for clues. When her investigations eventually lead her to a mysterious rosewood box, Chloe must confront her deepest fears and ambitions.

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Title: When the Curtain Rises
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1551436159
ISBN 13: 9781551436159
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good

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Chloe McBride has some reservations about accepting her elderly great-aunts' invitation to spend part of the summer with them in Little Venice, but her initial reluctance is outweighed by her curiosity about the mysterious key that came with her aunts' note. She's also anxious to put the humiliating memory of a disastrous piano recital as far behind her as possible. Chloe's great-aunts tell her the legend of her great-grandfather, Dante Magnus, an ambitious magician who vanished without a trace almost a century earlier, and Chloe begins to search for clues to his disappearance. When her investigations eventually lead her to a mysterious rosewood box, which has been hidden for almost a hundred years, Chloe's belief in the power of magic forces her to confront her own fears and ambitions.

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Rachel Dunstan Muller has spent most of her life on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. She is the mother of five and the author of three other novels for children.

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