Bound To Stay Bound

		Secret Starling  Author: Eagle, Judith  Publisher:  Walker Books (2024)  Classification: Fiction  Physical Description: 249 p., ill., 20 cm  BTSB No: 299599  ISBN: 9781536213652  Ages: 10-14  Grades: 5-9  Subjects:  Mansions -- Fiction  Secrets -- Fiction  Orphans -- Fiction  Mystery fiction
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Summary:
Clara Starling lives a life of dull rules, deadly routine, and flavorless meals under her cold uncle's strict regime until the day he disappears, leaving Clara alone in his old mansion. When streetwise orphan Peter and his rescue cat arrive unexpectedly, the children choose to live by their own rules. During the pair's wild romps through the halls of Braithwaite Manor they are hurled into a mystery involving the Royal Opera House and Starling family secrets of poison, passion, and murder.