The Vanishing of Katharina Linden: A NovelAfter Pia’s grandmother dies in a freak accident, the neighbors in her little German hometown of Bad Münstereifel glance at Pia with wary eyes. But then something else captures the community’s attention: the vanishing of Katharina Linden. Katharina was last seen at a parade, dressed as Snow White. Then, like a character in a Grimm’s fairy tale, she disappeared. Ten-year-old Pia and her only friend, the unpopular StinkStefan, suspect that Katharina has been spirited away by the supernatural. Their investigation is inspired by such local legends as that of Unshockable Hans, visited by witches in the form of cats, or of the knight whose son is doomed to hunt forever. Then another girl vanishes, and Pia is plunged into a new and unnerving place, one far away from fairy tales—and perilously close to adulthood. |
Contents
Section 1 | 10 |
Section 2 | 20 |
Section 3 | 44 |
Section 4 | 48 |
Section 5 | 52 |
Section 6 | 58 |
Section 7 | 66 |
Section 8 | 70 |
Section 17 | 146 |
Section 18 | 156 |
Section 19 | 158 |
Section 20 | 162 |
Section 21 | 176 |
Section 22 | 190 |
Section 23 | 210 |
Section 24 | 224 |
Section 9 | 82 |
Section 10 | 88 |
Section 11 | 98 |
Section 12 | 116 |
Section 13 | 120 |
Section 14 | 130 |
Section 15 | 136 |
Section 16 | 142 |
Section 25 | 230 |
Section 26 | 232 |
Section 27 | 256 |
Section 28 | 262 |
Section 29 | 268 |
Section 30 | 302 |
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