A Girl Called Thursday (Haslar Saga 1)

Whispers on the Tide

When thirteen-year-old Thursday Wren washes ashore the sleepy coastal town of Haslar, she carries no memory of her past or how she came to be adrift at sea. Clad only in a drenched dress and clutching a weathered brass compass, she becomes the ward of the local innkeeper, Mrs. Pemberton, and the reluctant guardian of a secret she cannot yet name. As Thursday learns to speak, to laugh, and to trust again, odd whispers ripple through the village—of a girl born beneath a blood-red moon and destined to alter Haslar’s fate.

Echoes of Forgotten Names

Thursday’s arrival reignites long-buried tensions between the town’s fishing families and the gentry who rule the cliff-top manor. Rumors swirl of a vanished heir, a cursed lineage, and an ancient pact sealed in the hidden caverns beneath Haslar Head. When Thursday’s compass inexplicably pivots toward the sea at midnight, she and her newfound friend, adventurous baker’s son Finn, venture into moonlit tunnels lined with barnacled stone. There they discover fragments of a journal written in a cipher only Thursday can decipher—lines that pulse with the promise of lost identity and unrealized power.

Storms of Allegiance

As the autumn gales lash the coast, Haslar is beset by sabotage: nets are cut, lanterns extinguished, and villagers vanish without a trace. Thursday realizes these events mirror passages in her recovered journal, as if her own story is being written by unseen hands. Torn between Mrs. Pemberton’s protective counsel and the mansion’s austere Lady Moray—who offers tutoring in arcane lore—Thursday must decide whom to trust. With Finn and the inn’s kindly cook, old Tomkin, at her side, she embarks on a perilous quest to unlock the meaning of her enigmatic birthright before the next tide sweeps it away forever.

Harbor of Destiny

In this thrilling opening to the Haslar Saga, Lilian Harry blends atmospheric mystery, heartfelt friendship, and magical intrigue. “A Girl Called Thursday” is a tale of identity reclaimed and destinies embraced, set against the salt-sprayed cliffs and lantern-lit streets of an unforgettable seaside town. Author’s description.