In the House of the Queen's Beasts

By Jean Thesman

2001

First Published

3.75

Average Rating

Number of Pages

0H58M

Audio Length

Fourteen-year-old Emily is drawn to the treehouse in the backyard of her family's new home. That's how she meets her next-door neighbor, Rowan, who has been using it as a refuge, where she carves wooden animals and stays clear of her difficult father. Shy, imaginative Rowan is like no friend Emily has ever had. They get along—and begin to change each other's lives—because of what they don't tell each other, as well as what they do. For Emily has her own secrets, too. And some friendships have unspoken rules—rules that you have to follow even if your friend might not be safe...

Avg Rating

3.75

Number of Ratings

5 STARS

35%

4 STARS

10%

3 STARS

50%

2 STARS

1 STARS

goodreads

Author

Jean Thesman

Author · 26 books

"My mother taught me to read before I started school, but I had to wait to be six before I could have a library card."[ Author's quote from her website.] "In 25 years, I wrote 40 books. Most of them came out under my own name, but a few were published under the name T.J. Bradstreet."[ Author's quote from her website.] She lives in Washington State, and is a member of The Authors Guild and the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.[ Houghton Mifflin website] Jean Thesman is a popular and award-winning novelist for young adults whose predominant theme is the heroine finding her place in the world by coming to understand her family. "I loved telling the story, because I really believed that families were made up of the people you wanted, not the people you were stuck with." —Emily Shepherd[Jean Thesman, In the House of the Queen's Beasts (Viking, 2001, p.79).]