The Caged Graves
The year is 1867, and seventeen-year-old Verity Boone is excited to return from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Catawissa, Pennsylvania, the hometown she left when she was just a baby. Now she will finally meet the fiancé she knows only through letters! Soon, however, she discovers two strangely...
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The year is 1867, and seventeen-year-old Verity Boone is excited to return from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Catawissa, Pennsylvania, the hometown she left when she was just a baby. Now she will finally meet the fiancé she knows only through letters! Soon, however, she discovers two strangely caged graves . . . and learns that one of them is her own mother’s. Verity swears she’ll get to the bottom of why her mother was buried in “unhallowed ground” in this suspenseful teen mystery that swirls with rumors of witchcraft, buried gold from the days of the War of Independence, and even more shocking family secrets.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780547868530 (0547868537)
Publish date: May 14th 2013
Publisher: Clarion Books
Pages no: 329
Edition language: English
The Caged Graves really grabbed me from the very beginning. It was not as creepy as the description made it sound, but that was ok with me. There was a mystery to figure out and while I figured most of it out pretty early on I still enjoyed reading this. The book is meticulously researched. The time...
3 to 3.5 starsI enjoyed The Caged Graves but it didn't grip me enough to warrant a greater rating. I really enjoyed that the author took two genuine graves that locals know surprisingly nothing about and created her own story (even using the accurate names). I did enjoy the mystery Salerni created ...
"A love triangle and you gave it 4 stars?" But there is a reason for it, so for all of you who are weary of reading this book because of the dreaded love triangle, please don't be! Verity was sent away from Catawissa to live with relatives when she was a little girl, after her mother passed away. ...
“In Catawissa sometimes the dead don’t stay where you put them.” What a pleasant little surprise. This is the second book set in the 19th century I've read in as many days, but with drastically different results. You see, this book is good. The setting is authentic. The mystery is compelling (althou...
The Caged Graves was one of the Cybils books that I had heard some buzz about before I read it. This turned out to be because it’s a really nice book, full of rich historical detail and nice characters. Although there’s a flashback/prologue at the beginning, the story really opens with Verity Boon...
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