The Swallow

Pages: 318
Author: Charis Cotter
Genre: Mystery

Polly and Rose were neighbours who lived side by side in a semi detached house over looking a cemetery. The setting took place in Toronto in the 1960's.  Polly loved roaming in the cemetery hoping to see a ghost. Rose, who constantly saw ghosts, and was also pale as one,  wished she could stop seeing them. Polly and Rose were very different and their families were very different too. However, they became friends when they discovered each other by talking through their shared attic wall. The girls decided to uncover the questions that they had about Rose. Why did she look like a ghost? Why didn't anyone ever talk to her? Why was her name on a tombstone?

 At the end of the story there is a twist and a secret is revealed. 

I rate this book 4 out of 5 because it was suspensful and I was very interested in figuring out the mystery.  The  surprising part at the end of the story made the book worth reading!