Edgar Award nominee for Best Juvenile Mystery

The book is about, among other things: the strongest boy in the world, a talking cockatoo, a faulty mind reader, a beautiful bearded lady and a nervous magician, an old museum, and a shrunken head.

Blessed with extraordinary abilities, orphans Philippa, Sam, and Thomas have grown up happily in Dumfrey€s Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders. But when a fourth child, Max, a knife-thrower, joins the group, it sets off an unforgettable chain of events.

When the museum€s Amazonian shrunken head is stolen, the four are determined to get it back. But their search leads them to a series of murders and an explosive secret about their pasts.

This sensational new series€"a 2016 Edgar nominee for Best Juvenile book and New York Times bestseller€"combines the unparalleled storytelling gifts of Lauren Oliver with the rich knowledge of the notorious relics collector H. C. Chester.

What you will find in this book:

• A rather attractive bearded lady
• Several scandalous murders
• A deliciously disgusting Amazonian shrunken head
• Four extraordinary children with equally extraordinary abilities
• A quite loquacious talking bird

What you will NOT find in this book:

• An accountant named Seymour
• A never-ending line at the post office
• Brussel sprouts (shudder)
• A lecture on finishing all your homework on time
• A sweet, gooey story for nice little girls and boys

Learn more about the series online at www.thecuriosityhouse.com