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Ever since her mother passed away, Katie's been alone in her too-big house with her genius dad, who restores old paintings for a living. Katie takes a summer job at a garden estate, where, with the help of two brothers and a glamorous librarian, she soon becomes embroiled in decoding a... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Danny: Boy that is going to college in the fall. Works with Katie. Has curly hair. Is a year older than Katie.
- Sammy Mack: Annoying neighbor boy. Is young with a single mother. Believes he is a superhero.
- Ms. Mcdermott: Add a description of this character.
- Miss Martine
- Old olson
- Katie
- Owen
- Reny
- Jessie
- Ida
- Jimmy
- Ellen
- John Butler Everlast
- Peter
- Yvonne
- Claire
Quotes edit
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“"Books don't make a bit of difference, unless somebody reads them searching for something"”
Ms. McDermott
First Sentence edit
There are the things that have been and the things that haven't happened yet.
Glossary edit
- cubicula: a burial chamber
- carapace: the hard upper shell of a turtle or crustacean
- Hanoverians: relating to, or supporting the German ducal house of Hanover;of or relating to the British royal house that ruled from 1714-1901.
- effusive: demonstrative, exploding
- hellebores: plant of the genus Helleborus, a poisonous herb
- autodidact: a self taught person
- pachysandra: an evergreen creeping shrubby plant from the box family
- coreopsis: plant of the daisy family, cultivated for it's rayed, typically yellow flowers
Authors & Contributors edit
- Beth Kephart (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: Fiction
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