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The first book in the exciting Kumari trilogy. "Manhattan Mystery Girl!' screamed the newspaper headlines. New York is full of thirteen-year-old girls who think they're goddesses. But Kumari is the real deal. And she doesn't have a clue how she got there. Kumari is a goddess-in-training who lives in a secret valley kingdom. She is destined to stay young forever, unlike people in the World Beyond. But Kumari longs to break out of her closeted life at the Palace, where her only real friend is a baby vulture, and there's nothing to think about - except the mystery of her mother's death. It's hard to kill a goddess, but someone did. And so Kumari steals away to the Holy Mountain, determined to summon Mamma back from the dead and to find out the truth. But the next thing Kumari knows, she's in Manhattan. Surrounded by strange buildings and even stranger people, and running for her life... AUTHOR: Amanda Lee is an original new voice in children's fiction, writing with an engaging humour and lightness of touch. A successful author, actor and broadcaster, she has lived all over the world, but is now settled in London.