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Post by Hippiejo on Oct 8, 2021 10:22:34 GMT
Through the Mirror Door by Sarah BakerSince the accident, Angela has been alone. When she is invited on holiday with her cousins, it is her chance to be part of a family again if she promises to behave herself. But secrets lie in the walls of the crumbling French holiday home and the forbidden rooms draw Angela in. Soon night-time footsteps, flickering candlelight and shadows in windows lead her to a boy who needs her help. To save him Angela must discover the truth about what happened in the house all those years ago . . . and face the terrible secret of her own past.goodreads rating: 4.14
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Post by Hippiejo on Oct 8, 2021 10:32:20 GMT
This book is so charming, I loved it. The story is so well written and has just the right amount of good and not so good characters to make this a thoroughly engaging read that I think children aged between 9 & 12 would absolutely love. Angela feels like such an authentic character who is navigating her way through terrible grief, guilt and frustration with the world around her. Her experience at the Manor House and the people she meets there help her to make sense of it all. Angela has been 'saved' from life in the care system by an aunt and uncle who suddenly appear in her life ready to take her into their family to live with them and their 2 daughters. Of course, this was never going to be a straightforward happy ending and between 2 annoying cousins going out of their way to make Angela feel unwanted, an aunt who can barely conceal her real contempt for Angela and an Uncle who may as well just not be there, you can fully understand Angela doubting whether this life will be any better. Fortunately she meets Herman and Julien who make life so much more bearable but are either of them in a position to help Angela? The baddie in the story reminds me of a cruella de Vil type character which I really enjoyed.
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