Overview
To find a place in her family, Maddy must travel through time to get there. Maddy Rose lives in two worlds. A hundred years apart. In the same strange house built in the shape of an octagon. When a mysterious black cat leads her into an unknown attic, she meets Clare and his very sick sister Eva. Together Maddy and Clare jump into a money-making scheme in his uncle's dangerous soap factory to buy a cure for Eva. But an unexpected tragedy befalls them. And then Maddy is pulled back into her own time to confront the premature birth of her own sister. Will Maddy be able to deal with hardships of two lives? Will the skills she learned in the past help her solve the problems of the present? Can the strange shape of the house make a difference? Reminiscent of Janet Lunn's The Root Cellar, The Girl from the Attic shows the challenges of growing up and finding one's place in the world. Uncommon elements give this time-travel novel a charming spin. Kirkus Reviews
Full Product Details
Author: Marie Prins
Publisher: Common Deer Press
Imprint: Common Deer Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.70cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 21.30cm
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9781988761510
ISBN 10: 1988761514
Pages: 226
Publication Date: 07 October 2020
Recommended Age: From 10 to 13 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
A nostalgic time capsule for the first decade of two successive centuries, The Girl from the Attic is a charming lesson in gratitude and what it means to live in the present.--Quill & Quire Highly Recommended The adult themes of death, illness and fear of an outsider parent and a new baby will all resonate even with adults and will show child readers the importance and benefit of considering someone else's point of view. The locations are vividly described by the author, and it is easy to be transported to the past with all its charm - and also all its danger. The Girl in the Attic is a compelling, human read with three dimensional characters and enough charm and tension to keep readers entertained.--Canadian Review Of Materials Uncommon elements give this time-travel novel a charming spin.--Kirkus Reviews
Uncommon elements give this time-travel novel a charming spin.--Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
For Marie Prins, her life has been, in one way or another, about books. As a child, she devoured them, at university, she studied them with a BA in English Literature, as an adult, she sold them at The Toronto Women's Bookstore and Parentbooks. Now she teaches children how to read them.
