by Kathleen O'Dell
In the Glendoveer mansion, a once grand but now falling
apart home, is a large aviary where five birds hold the answers to a fifty-year-old mystery. Eleven-year-old Clara’s
mother is the housekeeper to Mrs. Glendoveer, the widow of a once famous
magician, and Clara and her mother have lived in the mansion for as long as she
can remember. Clara loves everything
about the house, except for the terrifying, loud birds in the aviary. When one of the birds suddenly starts
repeating the name “Elliot” to Clara, she comes to learn that the Glendoveer
mansion holds many dark secrets, including an unsolved kidnapping. With
the help of a new friend and the five birds, Clara races to solve the crime
that destroyed the lives of the Glendoveer family many years before. I had a difficult time putting this book down! There are a lot of great, unexpected twists in this story. This is a good choice for readers who like books about haunted houses and unsolved mysteries.
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