The Secret of Goldenrod

by Jane O'Reilly

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Pub Date Oct 01 2016 | Archive Date Jul 30 2016

Lerner Publishing Group | Carolrhoda Books ®

Children's Fiction | Middle Grade

Description

When Trina and her father move into an abandoned wreck of a mansion called Goldenrod, Trina thinks her life is finally coming together. She can put down roots at last. Maybe she'll even have a best friend! But the kids at school make fun of her, and it seems like Goldenrod itself is haunted.

Then Trina finds Augustine, a tiny porcelain doll left behind when the house was boarded up a century ago. Augustine isn't like other dolls: she talks and talks and talks. Augustine helps Trina realize that Goldenrod is trying to tell her an important secret . . . one that may just change her life.

Advance Praise

"The Secret of Goldenrod is replete with elements of a children's classic: yearning, solitude, hope, friendship, and most of all, magic. An utterly dear book." —Jane St. Anthony, author of Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart

Available Editions

EDITION	Other Format
ISBN	9781512401356
PRICE	$17.99 (USD)

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Librarian 21097

When I was an 8 to 12 year old girl, I would have LOVED this book. I still loved it and I am much, much older than that! The whole idea of a hidden room, a beautiful doll house and a talking doll is just irresistible.

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Librarian 170435

I was enchanted with this story. I thought that the circumstances surrounding Trina's life were realistic for middle school readers and the solutions to conflict and problems had solid believable solutions and endings.