Emily was a selfish, willful, hateful child who died before her thirteenth birthday. But that was a long time ago.
Jane is nine years old and an orphan when she and her young Aunt Louisa come to spend the summer at Jane's grandmother's house, a large, mysterious mansion in Massachusetts. Then one day . . . Jane stares into a reflecting ball in the garden--and the face that looks back at her is not her own.
Many years earlier, a child of rage and malevolence lived in this place. And she never left. Now Emily has dark plans for little Jane--a blood-chilling purpose that Louisa,...
Emily was a selfish, willful, hateful child who died before her thirteenth birthday. But that was a long time ago.
"Constance is an engaging, high-spirited heroine . . . A fine historical novel written with verve and fresh imagination." "Horn Book"
Runner-up for the National Book Award for Children's Literature in 1969, "Constance "is a classic of historical young adult fiction, recounting the daily life, hardships, romances, and marriage of a young girl during the early years of the Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth."
"An absorbing historical romance." "Booklist"
"Constance is an engaging, high-spirited heroine . . . A fine historical novel written with verve a...
