ALCOCK, VIVIEN — The Sylvia Game

Houghton Mifflin. 1997. (ISBN: 9780395816509). Paperback, 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches. Paperback in good condition. 1st American edition Houghton Mifflin. "'Whom do I look like? I mean, whom do you take me for? . Who is Sylvia?'" "He was silent for so long she thought he wasn't going to answer. An odd expression came into his face. He turned away as if to hide it, then, looking back over his shoulder, said, 'My sister. But she's dead.'" Emily hadn't meant to get tangled up with the likes of Oliver Mallerton and his dead sister. She had only been tailing her artist father to find out why he had been acting so mysterious lately. She certainly never meant to get mixed up in the Sylvia Game, a game that sounded harmless, not like a game that would nearly cause the death of one boy and lead to the banishment of another. During a trip to the seaside with her ne'er-do-well artist father, twelve-year-old Emily makes friends with a gypsy's son and the young heir to a stately home, who are struck by her resemblance to mysterious, long-dead Sylvia, a girl in a painting by Renoir. - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. ISBN 0-395-81650-5. 0395816505. Used: Acceptable.