num_pages: 121
description: Amen McBee, the youngest of five sisters, gobbles up words the way other children gobble up sweets.  She couldn't be more different from her elder twin sisters Arabella and Annabella-called the Bellas.  The mischievous Bellas constantly frighten Amen with stories of Mr. Tominski-the old recluse who lives in the woods nearby and mysteriously tends to a flock of doves.  The Bellas insist that Mr. Tominski is a dangerous bogeyman who eats children whole, but Papa vows that the "keeper of the doves" wouldn't hurt a soul.  When tragedy strikes the family Amen must decide once and for all who is right.
language: English
title: Keeper of the Doves
titlecomplete: Keeper of the Doves
genres: Fiction, Historical, Family, Death, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 456
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Puffin Books