The Secret Starling
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.
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Clara has lived a life of solitude, home schooled under her mean uncle's strict regime . . . until now!
The day that Uncle abandons Clara, leaving her with nothing but a wedge of 'guilt money' and a half empty, crumbling manor house, she is determined to do things her way for a change. And when streetwise Peter turns up, with his rescue cat and a surprising array of knowledge, she is sure that between them they have everything they need to survive.
But the house is to be sold . . . and Uncle has lied to Clara . . . and nothing, NOTHING is as it seems.
Additional information
Weight | 217 g |
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Dimensions | 198 × 129 × 16 mm |
Author | |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Imprint | Faber & Faber |
Cover | Paperback |
Pages | 255 |
Language | English |
Edition | Paperback original |
Dewey | 823.92 (edition:23) |
Readership | Children – juvenile / Code: J |