Gemma was raised in India but is sent back to England after she witnesses her mothers murder. Not only does she see her mother get killed, but the way in which she is killed is so strange and mystical that she is haunted by the images. She enrolls in an academy called Spence where the richest and most powerful families of England send their daughters to be raised. As if starting a new school isn’t hard enough, Gemma starts having visions that become increasingly graphic and powerful. Why is she having these visions? Who will become her friend? Will she ever solve her mothers murder? Read A Great and Terrible Beauty to find out. Grade 8+
