The Secret Starling by Judith Eagle

£6.99

Children’s Bookseller review by Alex:

A little gem of an adventure story. With old fashioned fun tied together with a mystery, an adventure and a huge surprise I would recommend this to absolutely any reader, boy, girl, Grandpa, your Aunty Val, an alien or even your teacher! A super read.

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Description

Clara has lived a life of solitude, home schooled under her mean uncle’s strict regime – until now! Her uncle’s house has been losing staff and furniture as his fortunes fail, and finally he disappears himself, leaving Clara all alone in the giant manor with nothing but a wedge of ‘guilt money’. Luckily, streetwise Peter has been sent to stay – at least he has some experience of the real world and how to survive. And the children are far from unhappy with their newfound freedom: a life of sliding down bannisters, making dens in Uncle’s study, warming themselves by a fire of text books, playing sardines with the village children and living off nothing but boiled eggs and mashed potatoes has its appeal! But then an interfering grown-up turns up with the unwelcome news that the house is to be sold.

Additional information

Weight 217 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 16 mm
Attribute Value 1

Paperback