Tabby Aykroyd thought she was coming to the dusty mansion of Seldom House to be a maid, but she's not being asked to clean or cook. Then one day a man, presumably the owner of the house, shows up with a small boy. The boy insists he's the master of the house, and curiously no one disputes him. Tabby is to be his playmate. The young master is a savage little creature, but the house itself contains far worse: Scores of dead maids and masters haunt Seldom House. Tabby is terrified for her life and the life of her young charge. But why isn't the young master afraid?
Clare B. Dunkle is the author of the acclaimed Hollow Kingdom trilogy, as well as By These Ten Bones and The Sky Inside. She lives with her family in San Antonio, Texas.
???Dark and beautiful, literary and lovely. . . . Worthy of sitting on a shelf next toWuthering Heights.??? ???Melissa Marr, author of Wicked Lovely
???This is literature. As such, Dunkle leaves no literary allusion untouched, no symbolic leaf unturned, in her quest to reveal the origins of Heathcliff and his unearthly yearning for Catherine Earnshaw-Linton.??? ???San Antonio Express-News
???[A]n intriguing, enthralling prequel . . . beautifully written and compelling . . . Tabby's tale will carry you along to its chilling end.??? ???St. Louis Post-Dispatch
???[A] beautifully written, dark tale . . . Those who have readWuthering Heightswill appreciate this brilliant, lyrically written tale, but it will engage even those who haven't read Bronte's masterpiece.??? ???Buffalo News
???An engrossing thriller and worthy companion to its classic literary inspiration.??? ???The Horn Book, Starred Review
???Dunkle has incorporated real people (Tabitha Aykroyd was the Bront??s' housemaid, well-known for telling her young charges ???otherworldly tales'), fictional characters (the boy is revealed to be a young Heathcliff), and the ancient Druidic practice of humlĂ)
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