Thursday's Child

This is a story of how magic and love triumph over greed and wickedness. Hope Fountain is a happy ten year old, until the sinister Count Blackguard and his pinch-faced sister, Irma Davage learn that Hope is about to inherit a fortune. They want that fortune so they kidnap Hope and take her far away into the desert. Irma Davage is horrid to her. The Count uses all his cunning to make Hope like him. But Hope is not stupid, she knows the Count is wicked and dreams of escaping from him and his nasty sister. One moonlit night a witch flies to Hope's bedroom window and together they fly off into the desert and discover the Lost Children. Now read on to discover if Hope escapes the Count and his awful sister, rescues the Lost Children and finds her family.





The sinister Count Blackguard and his nasty-tongued sister Irma Davage quarrel about everything. However they do agree to kidnap Hope, a lovely ten year old girl. Hope does not know that she is adopted,and will one day inherit a fortune. But the creepy Count and his pinched-faced sister Irma know that she will inherit a fortune and they want it for themselves! So they kidnap Hope. They take Hope to the desert and hold her captive. Hope is terribly sad because she misses her family. Then one starry night a witch arrives at Hope's bedroom window and they fly across the moon into the heart of the desert to visit the Lost Children. The Lost Children have a terrible life, and Hope knows she must try to escape and rescue them. The Count tries to win Hope's trust by giving her a pony. Hope hates the wicked Count but loves the pony. Does Hope ever see her family again, does she rescue the Lost Children, does she outwit the horribly clever Count? Read on and find out.