A Secret of Birds & Bone (paperback)
By (Author) Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Chicken House Ltd
Chicken House Ltd
1st April 2021
1st April 2021
2nd edition
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Magical realism
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Adoption / fostering
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Pets and pet care: Birds
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Handicrafts
823.92
Paperback
272
Width 143mm, Height 201mm, Spine 20mm
220g
In an Italian city ravaged by plague, Sofias mother carves beautiful mementoes from bones. But one day, she doesnt return home. Did her work lead her into danger Sofia and her little brother Ermin are sent to the convent orphanage but soon escape, led by an enigmatic new friend and their pet crow, Corvith. Together they cross the city underground, following clues in bones up to the towers of Siena, where circled by magpies the children find the terrible truth...