Explorers of the Dawn

Three brothers, recently orphaned and abandoned by their father to the care of the formidable Mrs. Handsomebody, could easily become sad children. Instead, they become explorers. Angel, John, and The Seraph transform their restrictive new home into a world of mystery and daring, gliding down bannisters, creeping through forbidden passages, and speculating wildly about the mysterious Captain Pegg next door, who just might have been a pirate. Mazo De la Roche writes with tender humor and sharp observation about the alchemy of childhood: how grief becomes fuel for imagination, how loneliness becomes brotherhood, how a too-quiet house becomes a kingdom. The novel captures that particular magic of youth, when the world seems vast and adults simply don't understand. Nearly a century old, this book still reaches across time to anyone who remembers what it was to believe the world was larger than the rooms adults gave you.