A Secret of Birds & Bone (paperback)

A Secret of Birds & Bone (paperback)

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In an Italian city ravaged by plague, Sofia's mother carves beautiful mementoes from bones. But one day, she doesn't 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...

Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Format: Paperback, 272 pages, 143mm x 201mm, 220 g
Published: 2021, Chicken House Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Children's Fiction

Vendor: Book Grocer
SKU: 9781913322960-RETAIL
Categories: Adventure Fiction All Best Sellers - Individual titles Chapter Books European History Historical Fiction Non-Secondhand Books Young Adult Young Adult Crime & Thriller Young Adult Fantasy
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In an Italian city ravaged by plague, Sofia's mother carves beautiful mementoes from bones. But one day, she doesn't 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...