9-13) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission. A time-traveling mystery that will keep readers involved and guessing up to the very end. Both Lily and Bubble are developmentally delayed they are described respectfully and are fleshed-out characters. The author carefully lays out clues for readers who like to solve mysteries themselves. CHARIS COTTER grew up in downtown Toronto beside a cemetery and developed an early love of reading and acting at her local library.

Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. This is a twisty tale that goes in many different directions but never loses the main thread. Read reviews and buy The Swallow: A Ghost Story - by Charis Cotter (Paperback) at Target. Who are Fizz and Bubble-the sisters who also appear in her dreams-and what is her purpose in their lives? In her everyday world, Alice hopes her parents will reunite, worries about her mother's flirtation with the local doctor, and tries to stay out of the way of her mother's cranky patient. Toronto Between the Wars: Life in the City 1919-1939 Starting at 1.97. We have new and used copies available, in 2 editions - starting at 7.41. As Lily and Alice explore the house, they find a dollhouse in a locked room that becomes real in Alice's dreams. Buy The Swallow: A Ghost Story by Charis Cotter online at Alibris. Alice is befriended by teenage Lily, the housekeeper's daughter, who informs her that her bedroom is haunted.

But is what she sees always imaginary? After telling her emotionally absent, workaholic husband that she's leaving him, Alice's mother takes her daughter to Blackwood House, where she has a live-in nursing job caring for a wealthy old woman while she recovers from a fall. Alice has an overactive, vivid imagination-at least, according to her mother. It's 1997, and 12-year-old Alice's regular life is in turmoil a move to the countryside leads to supernatural adventure.

The Swallow by Charis Cotter