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When their parents pass, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, two orphan sisters, are sent to the home of an eccentric grandmother who has always been absent from their lives. Conflicted and uncertain, the sisters must navigate a new family arrangement and the mysteries that arise in their new surroundings.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Michael Buckley
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