This story is about a young girl in an orphanage that finds a place of her own. Mandy wonders what is beyond the wall right outside the orphanage. One day she climbs over it, and discovers a cottage. She asks her friends for brooms, flowers, and more. Soon, she gets in trouble because of it. She takes her friend’s hedge cutters when he said not to. Everyone was gone at a feildtrip and the only reason she isn’t is because she pretended to be sick. She breaks the cutters, and gets in huge trouble. Nobody knows about the cottage, so when she is told she has to stay inside for a week, she can’t explain why she absolutely can not do that. After that, one of her friends fallows Mandy after school, and discovers the cotage. Mandy makes her swear she won’t tell anyone. One day, she meets a secret admirer which keeps leaving her gifts in the cottage. She sneaks out of bed, to write him a note saying that she’s stuck in bed. She ends up getting stuck in the cottage during a huge storm. Will her friend tell the truth to save Mandy or keep her promise? Who is this secret admirer? Obviosely, you won’t know until you read the book. This book would attract girls more because it doesn’t have a ton of action.

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Stephanie D.