The Paper Wings

Twelve year old Sophie-Olive Thorpe has had premonitions as long as she can remember. She has kept her gift of clear sight secret from her mother until a vision in which her sister falls ill when a servant carrying scarlet fever is allowed to return to the Thorpe mansion. Her stepfather, suspicious of her powers, forcibly accompanies her on the road to an insane asylum, where he plans to abandon her. But when Sophie-Olive leaps from the coach, causing a fatal accident, she must escape her stepfather's pursuit, navigate a sinister underworld of paranormal allies and enemies, and master clear sight before other's can take control of her valuable gift. She soon finds her place at 925 Lugubrious Lane, Foster Home for the Slightly Different Child, but is unsure whether 925 is a safe haven, or a trap laid by two outcast Greek deities, the Graeae, the sadistic alchemist Cadmus Tell, and the secrets obscuring his execution. Sophie-Olive and her friends Demetrius Potts and Kitty Fettz must decide whether they can escape the Tells and stand alone, or act on the slim chance of changing 925 by taking control of the of the house for themselves.