A Secret of Birds & Bone: the new children's book from Times-bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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Kobieta rzeźbi w kościach, co brzmi dość masakrycznie, ale w rzeczywistości jest sztuką jak każda inna. Klimat średniowiecznych Włoch jest odczuwalny już od pierwszych stron, a bohaterowie walczą o sprawiedliwość i dobro. Bardzo wartościowa ksiazka, właśnie takie chciałabym widzieć na półce w biblioteczce moich dzieci, a także w swojej. All about her were skeletons: by the thin shafts of light flitting in from the slits in the ribcage shutters she could see the bed about her, built from tibias and fibulas. Their relationship is heartwarming, and Sofia (whose perspective we experience the story from) is relatable and authentic.

She is also an ossuarist (someone who makes things with bone), and her particular brand of this bone craft involves invoking something of the spirit of the person whose bone she crafts, so it can bring comfort to those left behind. The convent orphanage is exactly as awful as it sounds; Sister Rosa seems sickeningly sweet, but the children are scared, and they keep disappearing in the night -a mystery that kept me guessing for most of the book. Her debut YA novel The Deathless Girls was published in 2019, and was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, and long listed for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Sofia, dziewczyna z kościanego domu" to już kolejna książka Kiran Millwood Hargrave wydana w Polsce i tym razem również autorce udało się mnie totalnie oczarować.

I was not expecting the level of creepiness behind it as children seem to vanish completely from the orphanage, building a mystery I wasn't anticipating going into this novel, but the pay-off is so great.

W całej tej drodze Sofia z Ermin spotkają też tych dobrych ludzi, którzy chcą dla nich jak najlepiej. Sometimes the story got a bit confusing - and that's why I am mainly subtracting stars here - especially during the scenes in the tunnels I was like "what?This reminded me so much of reading The House with Chicken Legs, with the story focusing on bone builders. I loved seeing her taking the high road when presented with a difficult choice, and the choices she makes.

She also manages to create a wonderful familial dynamic in Ermin, Sofia, Renata and their orphaned pet crow Corvinth. Opisów książki jest pełno w internecie, więc polecam zajrzeć, a tym którzy nie czytają tego zapewniam, że nie zmarnujecie czasu poświęconego na tę książkę. Sofia has lived her whole life in the little charnel house made of bones, on the ground of the old monestry ruins surrounded by an olive grove. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

In the beginning it was too exciting and I thought I would have to stop reading upon several occasions, but then kept continuing.

Przedstawione tu cnoty i niewinność dzieci jest przesłaniem nadziei dla nowego pokolenia i przypomina czytelnikowi, że nie warto cenić się ponad innych. Siedzisz w salonie i jesteś tak zaczyna, że nie słyszysz krzyczących dzieci, głośnych bajek w TV czy nawet szalejącej burzy za oknem, bo jesteś tylko Ty i książka „Sofia dziewczyna z kościanego domu”. A moon-white skull still warm from last night’s fire was cupped over her feet, for here the nights were clear and cool. A darkly beautiful historical novel featuring Kiran’s trademark magical realism and an enthralling mystery. Sofia and Ermin are a great team, and when paired with street urchin Ghino their personalities all mix together well.Autorka przy pomocy kościanego kluczyka otwiera przed nami wrota zawiłości fabuły, otoczonej tajemnicą i przepełnionej klimatem baśni jakie znamy z dzieciństwa. I thought it'd be a bit more spooky, but that's my own fault because I just saw 'bone' and assumed it'd be a bit spooky, but it's mostly about family, love and friendship, which it always lovely to read about in a middle-grade!