A spellbinding story from the Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Girl of
Ink & Stars, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.'A story bursting
with imagination, sparkle and tender heart ... I adored it!' JASBINDER
BILAN'Both souful poetry and thrilling adventure; powerful and delicate,
chilling and comforting' SOPHIE ANDERSON'Ripping propulsive plot, gorgeous
imagery, floating fairytale prose ... absolutely loved it' ROSS MONTGOMERYIn
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.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 ...The fourth children's novel by Times number one
bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave, winner of the Waterstones
Children's Book Prize and the British Book Awards Children's Book of the
YearFrom the author of The Island at the End of Everything, The Way Past
Winter, Julia and the Shark and The Mercies - chosen for the Richard & Judy
Book Club A darkly beautiful historical novel featuring Kiran's trademark
magical realism and an enthralling mystery, presented as a gorgeous flapped
paperback with stunning cover foilLonglisted for the Diverse Book Awards 2021
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