![]() ![]() THE VANISHING OF KATHARINA LINDEN is told from ten-year-old Pia's point of view although at the time of the telling Pia is about 19 years old. Helen Grant shows a delightful sense of humour as she weaves into the story the legends of the town of Bad Munstereifel through the stories that Herr Schiller tells Pia and Stefan in after school sessions. Then Pia and Stefan learn that history is repeating itself: these aren't the first little girls to disappear from Bad Munstereifel. Meanwhile little girls vanish, beginning with Katharina Linden during one of the town's celebratory parades. It does mean her only friend is Stinky Stefan, Stefan Bruer, and they become constant companions. ![]() It does force 10 year old Pia Kolvenbach to become isolated at school as the other children avoid her in case they too explode. "My life might have been so different had I not been known as the girl whose grandmother exploded".but this dramatic tale doesn't remain the focus of the novel for long. Helen Grant's debut novel starts off dramatically enough. ![]()
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