Overview
The grass grew taller than the house itself, surrounding it on all sides. It stuffed the keyholes and scraped against the roof. It shook the walls and made paintings shiver.
Seven years ago, the Ballastian sistersā parents left them in the magical Straygarden Place, a house surrounded by tall silver grass and floating trees. They left behind a warning saying never to leave the house or go into the grass. āWait for us,ā the note read. āSleep darkly.ā Ever since then, the house itself has taken care of Winnow, Mayhap, and Pavonineāfeeding them, clothing them, even keeping them companyāwhile the girls have waited and grown up and played a guessing game: Think of an animal, think of a place. Think of a person, think of a face. Until one day, when the eldest, fourteen-year-old Winnow, does the unthinkable and goes outside into the grass, and everything twelve-year-old Mayhap thought she knew about her home, her family, and even herself starts to unravel. With luscious, vivid prose, poet and author Hayley Chewins transports readers to a house where beloved little dogs crawl into their ownersā minds to sleep, sick girls turn silver, and anything can be stolenāeven laughter and silence.
This book title, The Sisters of Straygarden Place, ISBN: 9781536212273, by Hayley Chewins, published by Candlewick Press (September 15, 2020) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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