The Aviary

by Kathleen O'Dell

Book Overview

Twelve-year-old Clara Dooley has spent her whole life in the crumbling Glendoveer mansion, home to a magician's widow, a cage full of exotic birds, and a decades-old mystery. Clara loves old Mrs. Glendoveer, but the birds in the aviary frighten her--they always seem to screech and squall whenever she's near. And then one day, the mynah bird speaks, and a mystery starts to unravel. Clara discovers dark secrets about the family, and about her own past...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375852263
• ISBN13: 9780375852268
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7