The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls
Title:
The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls
Author:
Legrand, Claire, 1986-
Watts, Sarah
ISBN:
9781442442917
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2012
Physical Description:
viii, 343 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Abstract:
Practically-perfect twelve-year-old Victoria Wright must lie, sneak, and break the rules when her investigation of the disappearance of her best--and only--friend, Lawrence, reveals dark secrets about her town and the orphanage run by the reclusive Mrs. Cavendish.
Subject:
| Best friends -- Juvenile fiction |
| Friendship -- Juvenile fiction |
| Perfectionism (Personality trait) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Orphanages -- Juvenile fiction |
| Missing children -- Juvenile fiction |
| Fairy tales |
Summary:
Practically-perfect twelve-year-old Victoria Wright must lie, sneak, and break the rules when her investigation of the disappearance of her best--and only--friend, Lawrence, reveals dark secrets about her town and the orphanage run by the reclusive Mrs. Cavendish.