Review: A Drowned Maiden's Hair

Title: A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama
Author: Laura Amy Schlitz
Category: Fiction, Children's
Rating: 3.5/5
Summary: An 11-year-old orphan is adopted by three sisters who give her nice clothes and food but keep her secret from everyone they know.

Review: What an eerie little story! I loved it. The main character Maud has just the right amount of spunk—she's no Pippi Longstocking but she can take care of herself. As a lonely orphan, she starts out thinking that any attention is good attention, but she learns along the way that maybe it's not always worth the trade-off.