November 1918

The village of Aldwick is in pieces. Martha’s lost her grandfather. Stanley’s about to lose his mother.

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The beautiful church window could protect them all, as it’s done for hundreds of years. But it’s been disassembled and hidden for safekeeping. And no one alive knows where. Can hope ever be restored?

A middle-grade mystery in verse that explores themes of friendship and loss,

of preserving the past and knowing when to let go. 

The deafening clap of thunder

threatening to split the world in two

reducing it to rubble and ruins

brings me back to myself

and to a sudden understanding.

I know

EXACTLY

where you’d have hidden that window –

those panels from centuries ago.

Where better to hide ancient treasures

than among forgotten ruins,

abandoned buildings,

deserted remains –

among the secrets of the past?