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Gr 5–7—It is 1919, and 12-year-old Henrietta and her family have just moved from London to Hope House in the country after the tragic death of her older brother. Henry's mother is shut up in her room, heavily medicated, and Henry's father leaves the country on business. Nanny Jane has Henry's baby sister, "Piglet," to manage, leaving Henry alone to read her books and explore the Nightingale Wood. Following a mysterious firelight, Henry meets a wild, wi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

It's 1919; the Great War is over; and twelve-year-old Hen and her family--Mama, Father, baby "Piglet," and Nanny Jane--have just moved to an English country house where they hope to recover from the recent death of Hen's brother. But Father must rush off to the Continent on business, and Mama, incapacitated by grief, is virtually incarcerated in her room by sinister Doctor Hardy, who is plotting to lock her up in an asylum. Then Hen meets a thin, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More