num_pages: 121
description: When Harriet goes to stay with a schoolfriend on the Dorset coast, she finds herself becoming involved with a young runaway named Birney, an escapee from a reform school who is hiding out in the sea-caves nearby. As the two become closer, leading to shared confidences and feelings, Harriet also attempts to discover the meaning and history behind an inscription she discovers on a memorial slab near the caves. But when the story of Ambrose Briddle, who died "After Candlemas" in 1890, seems to be replaying itself with Birney, Harriet knows she must act...
language: English
title: After Candlemas
titlecomplete: After Candlemas
genres: Fiction, Young Adult
ratings_count: 61
publisher: Atheneum