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By Sheila O' Connor
[Not mine just sharing it]
It's the summer before seventh grade, and twelve year old Raine O'Rourke's mother suddenly takes a job hours from home at mysterious Sparrow Road, a creepy dilapidated mansion that houses an eccentric group of artists. While Raine's mother works as the cook and housekeeper, Raine explores the sprawling estate, trying to solve it's secret in the hopes she'll discover why she and her mother have really come to Sparrow Road, but it's an unexpected secrecy from Raine's own life that changes for ever.