The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442442917)

At the Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, you will definitely learn your lesson. A dark, timeless, and heartfelt novel for fans of Coraline and The Mysterious Benedict Society.

Victoria hates nonsense. There is no need for it when your life is perfect. The only smudge on her pristine life is her best friend Lawrence. He is a disaster--lazy and dreamy, shirt always untucked, obsessed with his silly piano. Victoria often wonders why she ever bothered being his friend. (Lawrence does too.)

But then Lawrence goes missing. And he's not the only one. Victoria soon discovers that The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls is not what it appears to be. Kids go in but come out...different. Or they don't come out at all.

If anyone can sort this out, it's Victoria--even if it means getting a little messy.

Author: Claire Legrand
ISBN-10: 1442442913
ISBN-13: 9781442442917
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 08/28/2012
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 153746 / Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls

Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2012
Shelf Awareness 09/04/2012
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2012
Publishers Weekly 10/22/2012
School Library Journal 12/01/2012 pg. 123
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 76 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Claire Legrand used to be a musician until she realized she couldn't stop thinking about the stories in her head. Now Ms. Legrand is a full-time writer living in New Jersey. She has written two middle grade novels--The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, one of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2012, and The Year of Shadows--as well as the young adult novel Winterspell. Visit her at Claire-Legrand.com and on Twitter @ClaireLegrand.

Sarah Watts is an illustrator of fabric lines, books, and other printed delights. She is married to an adventure junkie and she collects old treasures. Sarah is also the Alumni Board of Trustee member for Ringling College of Art and Design (RACD).