Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head (Book One)

Lauren Oliver

H C Chester

The book is about among other things: the strongest boy in the world a talking cockatoo a faulty mind reader a beautiful bearded lady and a nervous magician an old museum and a shrunken head.

Blessed with extraordinary abilities orphans Philippa Sam and Thomas have grown up happily in Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks Oddities and Wonders. Philippa is a powerful mentalist Sam is the world's strongest boy and Thomas can squeeze himself into a space no bigger than a bread box. The children live happily with museum owner Mr. Dumfrey alongside other misfits. But when a fourth child Max a knife-thrower joins the group it sets off an unforgettable chain of events.

When the museum's Amazonian shrunken head is stolen the four are determined to get it back. But their search leads them to a series of murders and an explosive secret about their pasts.