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Gr 7-10 Six years ago, when Declan Steeple was 10 and his sister was just a baby, his mother, Lindy, disappeared, searching for something better than the dusty family estate with its generations of clutter and memory. Now the Steeples live in a modern split-level down the hill from the Big House, but the mansion is still there, filled with a past that hides secrets. When a local man is found dead in the house, memories of Lindy and her unhappiness living there suddenly become a pressing weight on Dec, co...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Images of thieves and thievery abound in this tale that proves to be as slippery as its subject. The eponymous "house of memory" is Steeple Hall, an enormous old pile that sits vacant at the top of the hill above Declan's house. The Steeples decamped six years ago, after the disappearance of Declan's mother, but the house remains undisturbed, a monument to the family's past. After Declan, sixteen, and his little sist...Log In or Sign Up to Read More