A Curse Dark as Gold

Children's Folk Tales & Myths (Books)

Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce

Charlotte Miller has always scoffed at talk of a curse on her family’s woolen mill, which holds her beloved small town together. But after her father’s death, the bad luck piles up: departing workers, impossible debts, an overbearing uncle. Then a stranger named Jack Spinner offers a tempting proposition: He can turn straw into gold thread, for the small price of her mothe….Read More

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