About the Book: A Secret of Birds and Bone
In an Italian city ravaged by plague, Sofias mother carves beautiful mementoes
from the bones of loved ones. But one day, she doesnt return home. Did her work
lead her into danger? Sofia and her little brother Ermin are sent to the convent
orphanage but soon escape, led by an enigmatic new friend and their pet crow,
Corvith. Together they cross the city underground, following clues in bones up
to the towers of Siena, where-circled by magpies-the children find the terrible
truth ...