A Secret of Birds & Bone

by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Sofia lives in a city gripped by plague. Her mother crafts beautiful keepsakes from bones—but one day, she vanishes without a trace.
Fearing the worst, Sofia and her younger brother Ermin are sent to a convent orphanage. But they soon escape, guided by a strange new friend and their clever pet crow, Corvith.
Beneath the city, they follow a trail of clues carved into bone—up through tunnels, towers, and into the shadow of Siena’s darkest secrets.
Surrounded by magpies, the truth they discover will change everything…

Themes

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  • Friendship
  • Escape
  • Illness
  • History
  • Birds
  • Action
  • Imagination
  • Single Parent
  • Peril
  • Plague
  • Catacombs
  • Tension
  • Worry
  • Gothic
  • City
  • Fantasy
  • Orphanage
  • Crime
  • Secrets
  • Ossuarist
  • Magic
  • Mystery
  • Religion
  • Spirituality
  • Family
  • Rituals
  • Sacrifice

A Secret of Birds and Bone text © Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Covers © Chicken House 2021
Designed by Helen Crawford-White Reproduced with permission of Chicken House Ltd.
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