Ravani Foster lives in Slaughterville, so named because of the slaughterhouse. He is a quiet kid, and somewhat a sensitive kid who doesn't fit in and gets bullied. His dad works at the slaughterhouse and on occasion Ravani has to take his lunch to him. He HATES going to the slaughterhouse. (and I do too after reading this book). One night Ravani sees a large truck pull up to the empty house across the street and seven kids climb out and go into the house, but the next day nothing looks different. The house still looks empty. As Ravani is coming home from delivering papers, he sees some of the kids and ends up making friends with them, especially Virginia. Ravani finds out the children have a BIG secret and a dangerous secret and they include him on the secret, but it accidentally gets out and danger is coming.
Awesome story about friendship and differences in people. The slaughterhouse descriptions are not exactly graphic, but they are pretty disgusting so I would recommend grades 6 and up.
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