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).
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