its the summer before seventh grade and twelveyear old raine orourkes mother suddenly takes a job hours from home at mysterious sparrow road a creepy dilapidated mansion that houses an eccentric group of artists as raine tries to make sense of her new surroundings she forges friendships with a cast of quirky characters including the outrageous and funky josie together raine and josie decide to solve the mysteries of sparrow roadfrom its haunting history as an orphanage to the secrets of its silent brooding owner viktor but its an unexpected secret from raines own life that changes her forever an affecting and beautifully written story of family and forgiveness sparrow road is an incredible gift