The Door by the Staircase

by Katherine Marsh and Katherine March

Book Overview

Twelve-year-old Mary Hayes can't stand her orphanage for another night. But when an attempted escape through the stove pipe doesn't go quite as well as she'd hoped, Mary fears she'll be stuck in the Buffalo Asylum for Young Ladies forever.

The very next day, a mysterious woman named Madame Z appears at the orphanage requesting to adopt Mary, and the matron's all too happy to get the girl off her hands. Soon, Mary is fed a hearty meal, dressed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142313785X
• ISBN13: 9781423137856
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7