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Katharine Tulman’s perceived inheritance comes into question when rumors spread that her eccentric uncle is misappropriating the family fortune. She is sent to his manor to have him committed to an asylum, only to discover a brilliant inventor living there.
The inventor has created a curious community of nine hundred former workhouse children, providing them with a new life and purpose in the English countryside. As Katharine spends time among them, she becomes torn between safeguarding her own future and preserving this peculiar, innovative society.
Complicating matters are a charming apprentice, a mysterious student, and doubts about her own sanity. As secrets about the estate unfold, the stakes rise beyond personal inheritance to the very fabric of England during this historical period, offering intrigue, adventure, and romance for the curious reader.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Sharon Cameron
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