![]() ![]() Something that beautiful, combined with a plot summary about female friendship and the sadness of ghosts, promises one of those delicate, haunting reads. I’ll be the first to admit that, despite the old adage “Never judge a book by it’s cover,” I often do–if it’s as gorgeous as the one for The Swallow. After all, Rose just doesn’t see ghosts–she may actually be one. When Polly meets Rose, she thinks her adventure has finally begun. Polly, meanwhile, hopes to find adventures like the ones she reads about–maybe she’ll even see a ghost! Rose sees ghosts all the time and thinks she’s cursed. Polly wishes she were invisible, but Rose knows just how much that hurts. Rose’s family, meanwhile, never speak to her and neither do her classmates or her teachers. Polly’s family is large and boisterous, and all she really wants is to be left alone. ![]() Polly and Rose live next door, but they lead completely different lives. ![]()
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