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At the Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls you will definitely learn your lesson A dark timeless and heartfelt novel for fans of Coraline and The Mysterious Benedict SocietyVictoria hates nonsense There is no need for it when your life is perfect The only smudge on her pristine life is her best friend Lawrence He is a disaster--lazy and dreamy shirt always untucked obsessed with his silly piano Victoria often wonders why she ever bothered being his friend Lawrence does tooBut then Lawrence goes missing And hes not the only one Victoria soon discovers that The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls is not what it appears to be Kids go in but come out different Or they dont come out at allIf anyone can sort this out its Victoria--even if it means getting a little messy.
About the Author
Claire Legrand used to be a musician until she realized she couldn't stop thinking about the stories in her head. Now she is a bestselling author of darkly magical books. Her first novel is , one of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2012. She is also the author of , a ghost story for middle grade readers; and , a young adult re-telling of The Nutcracker. , her middle grade novel about mental illness, family secrets, and the power of storytelling, is a 2017 Edgar Award Nominee. Claire's latest middle grade novel, , is a classic fantasy-adventure and a 2016 Junior Library Guild selection. The companion novel, , was a Kids' Indie Next Pick in 2021. She is one of the four authors behind , an anthology of dark middle grade short fiction that was a Junior Library Guild selection, a Bank Street Best Book, and among the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2014. Her bestselling Empirium Trilogy consists of epic fantasy novels , and Her young adult horror novel received five starred reviews. It was also a 2018 Bram Stoker Award finalist and a 2019 Lambda Literary Award finalist. Her latest novel, , is a young adult horror novel described as " meets " and was a Kids' Indie Next Pick. Her adult debut, book 1 of , releases in spring 2023.
