48 pages 1 hour read

V. E. Schwab

Tunnel of Bones

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

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Cassidy feels like she’s being watched as she leaves the Catacombs. The group discusses their next filming location, the Jardin du Luxembourg, or Luxembourg Gardens, while they eat lunch at a sidewalk café. Cassidy feels a strange rush of cold, and then an awning breaks loose and swings wildly toward her. A hook on the awning’s corner breaks the water pitcher in front of her. Hearing about the incident, Lara tells her that some in-betweeners have an intuitive spectral sense, which gets stronger as they spend more time in the Veil.

At the Jardin du Luxembourg, Mrs. Blake shares local lore about a musician attending an elegant party and then learning that ghosts had hosted and attended it. Another story features a marriage proposal at the top of the Eiffel Tower, which ended with the girl falling to her death. Cassidy notices that Pauline rubs a talisman on her necklace whenever the subject of ghosts comes up. Pauline says that the talisman is an old symbol meant to ward off evil and then laughs it off as a mere bit of superstition. From the top of the Eiffel Tower, Cassidy’s splendid view of the city makes her forget about ghosts and the Veil, if only for the moment.