Greenglass House: A National Book Award Nominee

by Kate Milford

Book Overview

New York Times Bestseller * National Book Award Nominee * Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery

It's wintertime at Greenglass House. The creaky smuggler's inn is always quiet during this season, and twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his holidays relaxing.

But on the first icy night of vacation, out of nowhere, the guest bell rings. Then rings again. And again...

Soon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544052706
• ISBN13: 9780544052703
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

Another Great Middle-Grade Book!

Reading middle-grade books as an adult is always interesting. This one was a really good time, so cozy, and I can wholeheartedly say that past me would have loved it just as much as present day me did!

Great start for a series

This book is a "love letter" (author's words) as she waited to receive her adopted child from China into their white family. The main character Milo was created based on the amount of time she spent wondering about what her new child would need to know and hear. This said, this first book moves slowly through a Christmas mystery with a true crime feel and the added twists of a ghostly sort reminiscent of Charles Dickins' "A Christmas Carol". If you get impatient with slow burn mysteries full of delightful characters and a secret love triangle, it may help listening to this book as an audiobook via Hoopla so you can finish it at double time like I did so you can then enjoy the second book (Ghosts of Greenglass House) which is truly spectacular sequel that's complete with the lore of the hobby horse. Characters from the first book are very important for the following books and are a joy to reunite with in all this beautiful storytelling.

intelligent book, bit of a slow pace. well written

this is a good book if you aren't looking for a light, easy to read one. the story is intricate and you have to pay attention. There are many interesting characters and as the book progresses you see how their stories interweave with each other and the house itself.