Middle-grade fiction seems to be going through a dark/spooky/horror phase. It was a very Garden-of-Eden moment that Serafina must experience but ultimately overcome.
In order to save the children of Biltmore, Serafina must seek the answers that will unlock the puzzle of her past. There she discovers a forgotten legacy of magic, one that is bound to her own identity. Serafina’s hunt leads her into the very forest that she has been taught to fear. before all of the children vanish one by one. Braeden and Serafina must uncover the Man in the Black Cloak’s true identity. Following her own harrowing escape, Serafina risks everything by joining forces with Braeden Vanderbilt, the young nephew of the Biltmore’s owners. None of the rich folk upstairs know that Serafina exists she and her pa, the estate’s maintenance man, have secretly lived in the basement for as long as Serafina can remember.īut when children at the estate start disappearing, only Serafina knows who the culprit is: a terrifying man in a black cloak who stalks Biltmore’s corridors at night. There’s plenty to explore in her grand home, although she must take care to never be seen. Serafina has never had a reason to disobey her pa and venture beyond the grounds of the Biltmore estate. The setting is the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina, 1899 where we are introduced to a very interesting girl named Serafina. Serafina and the Black Cloakby Robert Beatty is a dark Middle Grade mystery most suited to fifth grade and up.
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