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The Woman in the Wall

By Patrice Kindl

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| Paperback | 9780141301242

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Book Description

Anna is more than shy. She is nearly invisible. At seven, terrified of school, Anna retreats within the walls of her family's enormous house, and builds a world of passageways and hidden rooms. As the years go by, people forget she ever existed. Then a mysterious note is thrust through a crack in thContinue

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A pretty good childrens' book. The story starts with an incredible premise: Anna is so unnoticeable, she ends up hardly being seen at all.
The tone, which is comic in a Roald Dahl way at the beginning, pleasantly shifts throughout the story, along with Anna's changing body and needs. The autho ... (continue)

A pretty good childrens' book. The story starts with an incredible premise: Anna is so unnoticeable, she ends up hardly being seen at all.
The tone, which is comic in a Roald Dahl way at the beginning, pleasantly shifts throughout the story, along with Anna's changing body and needs. The author manages to describe children's fears with a light tone in a convincing way, without ever becoming patronising.
I'd advise it to all those who are, or have been shy kids: who wouldn't have loved to have a hiding place as cool as a second house behind the house's walls?

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