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Seven siblings try to keep their mother’s death a secret in this haunting gothic novel reminiscent of The Lord of the Flies and the works of Shirley Jackson.

Unforgettable, darkly whimsical, and mysterious, this “extraordinary book” is an offbeat classic of English literature (The New York Times).


“Mother died at five fifty-eight.” So begins this story of seven extraordinary children who, faced with the unknown terrors of being sent to the orphanage, decide not to report their mother’s death....