Inspired by an earlier experiment with book recommendations on Twitter, I decided to pose the question online (with the slightly cumbersome hashtag #booksthatchangekidsworlds) and sat back while the answers flooded in. My default in these cases is to find a friendly librarian or a smart bookstore employee, but my boss (me) wouldn’t give me time off from work, so I was stuck at home. (Does Jack always have to push his glasses up before he takes action? Does Annie always have to befriend the weak and the downtrodden, and wake up so much earlier than Jack?) Rather than discuss these complaints with my son, I decided it was time for us to refresh his bookshelves. Vampire Diaries Return: Nightfall by L.J.My five-and-a-half-year-old son has fallen in love with the “Magic Treehouse” books, and I do admire them, but after dozens of bedtimes spent in their company, Jack and Annie were starting to get on my nerves.Plane Insanity: A Flight Attendant's Tales of Sex.Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy.Fall: The Rape and Murder of Innocence in a Small.Everyone Communicates, Few Connect by John C.The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.The Collector Collector by Tibor Fischer.The Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan.Hello to the Cannibals by Richard Bausch.The ending of Behind the Attic Wall will make readers cry as we put the mystery behind the dolls in the attic wall altogether. We see Maggie grow from a distant, upset little girl into a more loving, caring, and open young person. Readers will also realize there are more secrets about these dolls than Cassedy is letting on. The premise sounds creepy, but is actually very intriguing and enchanting when you're reading about it. Entering the secret room, Maggie befriends some life-like dolls and finally begins to learn what real love and friendship is all about. While exploring one afternoon, Maggie discovers a secret hidden room within the expansive, old boarding house full of history. With no friends, and no love lost between her distant relatives running the school, Maggie is alone most the time. Maggie is a typical troublemaker ill-behaved, distraught, and admirably adventurous. The book is detailed, emotional, and magical, and I've kept the copy I've had as a young girl myself for over twenty years! I recently decided to read it again and found it to be timeless and engaging even as an adult.īehind the Attic Wall is about the life of Maggie, a young girl who is orphaned and sent to a boarding school run by some distant relatives. Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy is one of the best pieces of literature a young adult could read.

Behind the attic wall by sylvia cassedy