Readers looking for a mystery with heart, humor, and hairy moments will be captivated."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Cohen's emotionally gripping tale perfectly captures the essences of friendship and sibling love. The sights, sounds, smells, and spells of Liah's world are beginning to leak into Kallie's, and if Kallie can't decipher the meaning of her own story, "the end" might be far from happy. From here Kallie's life begins to entangle with another world, a world where Liah, a young bone carver, journeys with her master to sell wares to a wicked Queen. Intrigued despite herself, Kallie sets to work on unlocking its secrets and…lets something out. There, Kallie meets a faceless man (must be some kind of mask) who gives her a strange wooden puzzle box (must be some kind of gimmick). She believes there's a rational explanation for everything, despite the good-natured prodding of her Grandpa Jess, who takes her to frivolous wastes of time like their town's local Festival of Fools.
Twelve-year-old Kallie despises nonsense. Marina Cohen's A Box of Bones is a dark, propulsive, middle-grade tale about a trick box, two worlds entwined, and a mystery that may be best left unsolved.
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