Amen McBee, the youngest of five sisters, gobbles up words the way other children gobble up sweets. She couldn't be more different from her elder twin sisters Arabella and Annabella-called the Bellas. The mischievous Bellas constantly frighten Amen with stories of Mr. Tominski-the old recluse who lives in the woods nearby and mysteriously tends to a flock of doves. The Bellas insist that Mr. Tominski is a dangerous bogeyman who eats children whole, but Papa vows that the "keeper of the doves" wouldn't hurt a soul. When tragedy strikes the family Amen must decide once and for all who is right.
| ISBN: | 9780142400630 |
| Publication date: | 9th February 2004 |
| Author: | Betsy Byars |
| Publisher: | Puffin Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 128 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women PSHE: Self-Awareness, Self-Esteem and Wellbeing Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction |