Showing results by author "Mira Bartok"

Welcome to the Home for Wayward and Misbegotten Creatures, an institution run by evil Miss Carbunkle, a cunning villainess who believes her terrified young charges exist only to serve and suffer. Part animal and part human, the groundlings toil in classroom and factory, forbidden to enjoy anything regular children have, most particularly singing and music. For the Wonderling, an innocent-hearted, one-eared, fox-like eleven-year-old with only a number rather than a proper name - a 13 etched on a medallion around his neck - it is the only home he has ever known.

When piano prodigy Norma Herr was healthy, she was the most vibrant personality in the room. But as her schizophrenic episodes became more frequent and more dangerous, she withdrew into a world that neither of her daughters could make any sense of. After being violently attacked for demanding that Norma seek help, Mira Bartok and her sister changed their names and cut off all contact in order to keep themselves safe.

Bekannt als Nummer Dreizehn lebt eine schüchterne Kreatur - halb Fuchs, halb Mensch - in einem Heim für missratene und abscheuliche Wesen. Unter dem grausamen Regime der High Hats muss er endlose Schikanen über sich ergehen lassen. Doch er hütet ein Geheimnis, dessen wahre Ausmaße ihm erst bewusst werden, als er sich mit dem Vogel Trixi anfreundet: Er kann Geräusche hören, die kein anderer wahrnimmt. Ehe er sich's versieht, wird er in Intrigen verwickelt, die nichts weniger als den Untergang der Musik zum Ziel haben.