INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Hardstaff, Jane

The Executioner's Daughter

(3) 4-6 Moss, assistant to her executioner father, has never left her Tower of London home. She longs to leave but is unaware of the dangers lurking in the adjacent Thames, including the dreaded Riverwitch, who snatches children down to watery depths. With the backdrop of King Henry VIII's reign, Hardstaff weaves history and supernatural elements into a story of young teenage rebellion.

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