A Secret of Birds & Bone

by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

In an Italian city ravaged by plague, Sofia’s mother carves beautiful mementoes from the bones of loved ones. 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.

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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