Bird (1st ed.)

A GIRL EASILY carried off by the wind.An elderly widow whose husband died under strange circumstances.An isolated dwelling that breeds fear.Miranda has no recollection of where she came fromonly that years ago, a gust of wind deposited her outside Bourne Manor.

The Manors sole inhabitant, Wysteria Barrows, took Miranda in and promptly outfitted her with special bootsboots weighted with steel bars to keep her anchored to the ground.

But aside from shelter and clothing, Miranda receives little warmth from the aging widow.

The Manor, too, is a cold place, full of drafts and locked doors.

Full of menace. Full of secrets. Then one day a boy named Farley appears. Farley helps Miranda embrace her destiny with the wind . . . and uncover the Manors hidden past.From the Hardcover edition.