The Girl with the Glass Bird: A Knight's Haddon Boarding School Mystery

The Girl with the Glass Bird: A Knight's Haddon Boarding School Mystery by Kerr, Esme. hardcover edition. ISBN: 0884299814322.

When feisty Edie is sent to a remote school to spy on fragile Anastasia, she never imagines that theyll become best friends instead--and discover an ominous plot that puts both their lives in danger! Through a series of strange coincidences, orphan Edie finds herself at Knights Haddon, a stately boarding school for girls. But Edie is not just another student--under normal circumstances, she could never afford to go to boarding school. Shes been sent to Knights Haddon by her art-dealer uncle to investigate the disappearance of a precious crystal bird that belongs to his secretive clients daughter. Anastasia, a Russian royal, has a fragile disposition and a melodramatic bent--or so the headmistress and all the other girls say. Edies assignment is not only to find the missing glass bird; its to befriend the troubled blueblood and keep a watchful eye on her. When the two girls uncover a dangerous plot, how can they stop it? Inside the walls of the isolated estate, is there anyone they can trust?