Foxlee, Karen,

The midnight dress / Karen Foxlee. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. - 277 p. ; 22 cm.

Rose, nearly sixteen, is used to traveling around with her alcoholic father but connects with the people of a small, coastal Australian town, especially classmate Pearl and reclusive Edie, who teaches her to sew a magical dress for the Harvest Festival while a mystery unfolds around them.

ISBN: 9780375856457 (hbk.) 0375856455 (hbk.) 9780375956454 (lib. bdg.) 037595645X (lib. bdg.)

LCCN: 2012029108

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Eccentrics and eccentricities
Sewing
Friendship
Schools
Alcoholism
Single-parent families
Detective and mystery stories.
Young adult fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]