The Vanishing Act

On a small snow-covered island so tiny that it can t be found on any map lives twelve-year-old Minou, her philosopher Papa (a descendent of Descartes), Boxman the magician, and a clever dog called No-Name. A year earlier Minou s mother left the house wearing her best shoes and carrying a large black [...]
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On a small snow-covered island so tiny that it can t be found on any map lives twelve-year-old Minou, her philosopher Papa (a descendent of Descartes), Boxman the magician, and a clever dog called No-Name. A year earlier Minou s mother left the house wearing her best shoes and carrying a large black umbrella. She never returned. One morning Minou finds a dead boy washed up on the beach. Her father decides to lay him in the room that once belonged to her mother. Can her mother s disappearance be explained by the boy? Will Boxman be able to help find her? Minou, unwilling to accept her mother s death, attempts to find the truth through Descartes philosophy. Over the course of her investigation Minou will discover the truth about loss and love, a truth that The Vanishing Act conveys in a voice that is uniquely enchanting.