Jonah and Merrick House

They were not abandoned. They were hidden.Thirteen-year-old Jonah Pryce has learned not to expect much from the places he is sent. Homes change. People leave. Then his closest friend disappears from Fairbridge Home, and Jonah begins hearing rain where no rain is falling-the secret sound of other people's sadness and loss.A mysterious woman named Marm leads him to Merrick House, a place that appears abandoned from the outside but is warm, strange, and very much alive within. There Jonah meets four other children, each with an extraordinary gift, and discovers that Merrick House may be more than a refuge.For the first time, Jonah may have found somewhere he truly belongs.But the children of Merrick House were hidden for a reason. Someone is searching for them, and Jonah's missing friend may be closer than anyone realizes.Jonah and Merrick House is an atmospheric middle-grade fantasy about friendship, belonging, unusual gifts, and the discovery that being left behind is not always the same as being unwanted.