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The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls
by Claire Legrand
I loved this book! It was witty, it was creepy, and it had fun characters. Off we go then:
Victoria lives in the perfect little town of Belleville. She likes things to be as perfect as they can be. She's neat and organized and, of course, top of her class. She befriends Lawrence out of a sense of civic duty wherein she tries to help him in life by reminding him to tuck in his shirt and not hum to himself so much. Things start going very wrong in Victoria's world when Lawrence suddenly goes missing. Of course, Victoria doesn't exactly need Lawrence, but his disappearance constitutes change, something this well-ordered girl does not appreciate. Victoria starts sniffing around trying to find out what happened to her friend and also to see if she can figure out why everyone in town has been acting so strange. Could it have anything to do with the mistress of the children's home down the street? (Hint: yes).
This book was a bit of a roller coaster ride (in a good way). There were parts of it that strongly reminded me of Coraline and the "other mother" and some bits that made me think of the movie "The Forgotten", but it was a great adventure. It would also lend itself well to reading aloud. If you have a strong dislike for bugs, you probably shouldn't read this book (the pages are, literally, crawling with them). Can't wait until my son is old enough to read this for himself.
Victoria lives in the perfect little town of Belleville. She likes things to be as perfect as they can be. She's neat and organized and, of course, top of her class. She befriends Lawrence out of a sense of civic duty wherein she tries to help him in life by reminding him to tuck in his shirt and not hum to himself so much. Things start going very wrong in Victoria's world when Lawrence suddenly goes missing. Of course, Victoria doesn't exactly need Lawrence, but his disappearance constitutes change, something this well-ordered girl does not appreciate. Victoria starts sniffing around trying to find out what happened to her friend and also to see if she can figure out why everyone in town has been acting so strange. Could it have anything to do with the mistress of the children's home down the street? (Hint: yes).
This book was a bit of a roller coaster ride (in a good way). There were parts of it that strongly reminded me of Coraline and the "other mother" and some bits that made me think of the movie "The Forgotten", but it was a great adventure. It would also lend itself well to reading aloud. If you have a strong dislike for bugs, you probably shouldn't read this book (the pages are, literally, crawling with them). Can't wait until my son is old enough to read this for himself.