Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty

Braeden and Serafina have to stay in the carriage for the night.Ī rescue party arrives the next morning, but Serafina hides. However, he ends up taking one of the footmen, a young boy named Nolan. On the way, however, the Man in the Black Cloak attacks the carriage. His aunt and uncle are sending him away for his safety. She makes up a story as to who she is and ends up in Braeden’s carriage. She goes to the stables and gets caught again. She evades them and goes to look for Braeden. They cannot talk about the matter because the men come to search the area. The news upsets her and leaves her confused. She goes to warn her father that they are going to search the house, including the basement, to find the missing girl.Īs they cover up evidence that they live there, her father tells Serafina the story of how he found her. The boss of Serafina's father sees Serafina, but she manages to escape. Serafina realizes that Clara is the girl in the yellow dress. Serafina starts to tell him what happened to the girl in the yellow dress when a woman runs out crying that her daughter, Clara, is missing. Serafina and Braeden introduce themselves to each other. Braeden lives with his aunt and uncle because his parents are dead. Braeden is the twelve-year old nephew of George and Edith Vanderbilt. Thorne has talents that surprise a man who appears to be a good friend of his.Įven though Serafina tries to stay hidden, Braeden sees her. Thorne, who entertains the guests while they wait for their horses. There she sees the Vanderbilts and their guests. She wants to tell someone what happened so that she can help the missing girl. Angered and frustrated by her father’s response, Serafina defies him and goes upstairs, a place where she is not allowed to go. He is also preoccupied with work as the machine that provides electricity to the estate is not working. Serafina's father finds her the next morning, and she tells him what happened. He then sees Serafina and starts chasing her. Just as Serafina is ready to attack the man, he wraps the cloak around the girl and she vanishes. He chases the girl, and Serafina follows. The girl manages to escape the man’s grasp and runs away. One evening, she is catching rats in the manor when she sees a mysterious man in a black cloak with a young girl who is wearing a yellow dress.

Serafina also has large amber eyes and loves to catch rats. The missing bones give her the ability to squeeze into very tight spaces. She has only has four toes on each foot, and she is missing bones. Serafina, the main character, is a twelve-year-old girl who secretly lives in the basement of the Biltmore Estate with her father, a gifted mechanic who works there. In Robert Beatty's Serafina and the Black Cloak, the year is 1899. NOTE: This study guide refers to Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty (Kindle Edition).