{"product_id":"vanishing-of-katharina-linden","title":"Vanishing of Katharina Linden","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Helen Grant's first teen novel \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing of Katharina Linden\u003c\/i\u003e follows a misfit teenager as she attempts to unravel the mystery of several strange disappearances in the small town of Bad Münstereifel. \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing of Katharina Linden\u003c\/i\u003e bridges the world of the traditional Grimm fairytale with the darker world of Angela Carter's adult fairytales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the day Katharina Linden disappears, Pia is the last person to see her. Terror is spreading through the town. How could a ten-year-old girl vanish in a place where everybody knows everybody else?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePia is determined to find out what happened to Katharina.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut then the next girl disappears. . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'For something so chilling, it is terrific entertainment'\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Grant's splendid debut...is a feast of treats and creeps. Wonderful' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A strange, haunting modern fairy tale' John Connolly, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe setting of the small German town of Bad Münstereifel, in Helen Grant's debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing of Katharina Linden\u003c\/i\u003e, is based on her own experience of emigrating there from England as a child. Her other darkly thrilling young adult novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Demon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWish Me Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, are also available from Penguin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Children's UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54221524074840,"sku":"9780141325736","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141325736.jpg?v=1764395119","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/vanishing-of-katharina-linden","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}