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Close Your Pretty Eyes

Close Your Pretty Eyes

Published in
2013
3.80
on Goodreads (366)

Description

Eleven-year-old Olivia has been in care since she was five, and is just beginning her nineteenth placement. Her new home is a secluded farmhouse, centuries old, where she slowly bonds with her foster family. But the house holds dark secrets. Olivia discovers that it was once a notorious baby farm, where unwanted children were left to die. She becomes convinced that the place is haunted. She is desperate to save her new family from the ghosts. The danger is real - but does it come from the twisted mind of a very disturbed child?
Age
11-12
Text complexity
intermediate
Length
292 pages

Why to read

  • Engaging mystery
  • Complex characters
  • Historical elements
  • Psychological depth