Greenglass House

Greenglass House is a New York Times Best Selling middle grade mystery fantasy novel by Kate Milford and illustrated by Jaime Zollars published in 2014. Milo Pine has high hopes to have a quiet, cozy winter break, but when a group of mysterious strangers arrives at the inn he lives in with his parents, he feels his holiday is ruined. However, the chef’s daughter Meddy is bored and has other plans. She teaches Milo a role-playing game called Odd Trails, and when someone begins stealing items from the guests, the pair use their fantasy game to solve the mystery. The novel won the 2015 Edgar Award for Best Children’s Novel and was nominated for a National Book Award, an Andre Newton Award, and an Agatha Award. The novel is the first in a series that includes The Boneshaker, The Broken Lands, The Left-Handed Fate, and The Kairos Mechanism. In addition to writing stage plays, screenplays, and works of literary criticism, in 2020, Milford contributed to the anthology Super Puzzletastic Mysteries: Short Stories for Young Sleuths from Mystery Writers of America.

This guide references the 2014 Harper Collins e-book edition.

Plot Summary

Milo Pine lives in Greenglass House with his parents, Nora and Ben Pine, who adopted Milo from China when he was a baby.