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When Ashley discovers a turn-of-the-century doll it is just the first of several puzzling events that lead her through the hedge and into a twilight past where she meets Louise, an ailing child whose beloved doll has mysteriously disappeared.
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A girl moves into an apartment with her widowed mother and the lady who lives downstairs is old and nasty. One day the girl meets her neighbor and they explor the garden in the backyard finding an old doll with a mysterious note. A cat leads them back and forth to a ghosts house that you cant... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
People edit
- Ashley Cummings: Moves with her mother to the second floor of miss Cooper's house.
- Miss cummings: Ashley's mom, she recently lost her husband to cancer. She and Ashley are still dealing with their feelings of loss.
- Miss Cooper: A mean old cruel woman! She owns the house where Ashley and her mother now live.
- Kristi Smith: Ashley's neighbor, she is a few years younger than Ashley.
- Snowball: A cat the Ashley sees in the garden
- Anna Maira: The doll found in the garden
- Anna Maria: A doll that Ashley and Kristi found buried in the back garden of Miss Cooper's house, old and with a note from "Carrie".
- Louisa Perkins: A name on the note that came with doll/
- Carrie: The person that buried the doll.
- Max: Miss Cooper's grouchy dog
- Oscar: Ashley's cat
- Mrs. Smith: Kristi's mom
- Marguerite: One of Louisa's dolls
- Aunt Viola: Louisa's aunt
- Elfrieda: Add a description of this character.
- Mary Downing Hahn
- Brian
- Krisd
- Papa
- Mama
Quotes edit
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“"Why did you tell Mrs. Cooper?!" she yelled. "You hid the doll for yourself!!!" she yelled back.”
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Louisa Perkins, Please forgive me, I am sorrie. Your friend, Came.
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All these years, had Louisa been trying to tell Carrie she was forgiven?
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LOUISA ANN PERKINS BELOVED DAUGHTER
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'I think it's their way,' Miss Cooper said. 'Their way of telling you not to fret about them, to let them go.'
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Setting & Locations edit
Garden
- Baltimore: Where the girl and her mother move to mrs. cooper house.
- Monkton Mills
First Sentence edit
THE DAY WE MOVED into Monkton Mills, I made an enemy of our new landlady.
Table of Contents edit
1. The Cat Hater
2. Kristi
3. The White Cat
4. In Trouble
5. The Garden's Secret
6. Snowball
7. A Midnight Adventure
8. Secrets
9. Louisa
10. Kristi's Revenge
11. Miss Cooper's Demand
12. Anna Maria Is Lost
13. Kristi Comes Too
14. Please Give Her Back
15. How Can We Save Louisa?
16. Talking To Miss Cooper
17. Louisa and Carrie
18. A Visit to Cypress Grove
19. Flowers for Louisa
20. At Peace
Glossary edit
- Consumption: Possibly a terminal illness, Tuberculosis
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mary Downing Hahn (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: United States
Publication Date: Add the publication date.
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 128
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: United States
Publication Date: Add the publication date.
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 128
Awards edit
- Mark Twain Award (Missouri) (1992)
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Add the suggested reading level for this book.This is a good book for children/kids around the age of 9-13 years.
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