Keeper of the Doves Author:Betsy Byars Amen McBee, the youngest of five sisters, gobbles up words the way other children gobble up sweets. She couldnt be more different from her elder twin sisters Arabella and Annabellacalled the Bellas. The mischievous Bellas constantly frighten Amen with stories of Mr. Tominskithe old recluse who lives in the woods nearby and m... more »ysteriously tends to a flock of doves. The Bellas insist that Mr. Tominski is a dangerous bogeyman who eats children whole, but Papa vows that the "keeper of the doves" wouldnt hurt a soul. When tragedy strikes the family, Amen must decide once and for all who is right.« less