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Gr 7-9 Liam lives with his father, a famous writer, and his mother, a photographer, on Britain's Northumbrian coast. One day out wandering with his friend Max, Liam is led by a raven to a baby left with a note and some money. When Liam and his parents visit the infant's foster family, Liam connects immediately with two of the foster children, Crystal, a wild-child girl, and Oliver, a refugee from Liberia. Liam's mother falls in love with the baby, and she comes to li...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"The murderer in all of us is just below the skin." Almond's latest entrancingly dark tale explores the tenuous boundary between innocence and evil. Liam and his friend Max are playing outside, digging for treasure in the sun-baked soil of their rural Northumberland home, when they notice a raven that appears to be calling to them. The raven leads them to a ruined farmhouse, where they find an abandoned baby and a note that re...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

It's early in the Iraq War and soldiers are training in the Northumberland countryside--where young Liam finds an abandoned bab...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

A masterful exploration of human fragility and brutality. At the novel’s heart is the question: does everyone, given the right cond...Log In or Sign Up to Read More