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Behind the Attic Wall
Behind the Attic Wall
Author: Sylvia Cassedy
They were watching...and waiting — At twelve, Maggie had been thrown out of more boarding schools than she cared to remember. "Impossible to handle," they said -- nasty, mean, disobedient, rebellious, thieving -- anything they could say to explain why she must be removed from the school. — Maggie was thin and pale, with shabby clothes and stringy ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780380698431
ISBN-10: 0380698439
Publication Date: 3/1/1985
Pages: 320
Reading Level: Young Adult
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3.9 stars, based on 46 ratings
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Stumbled upon this book as a gift from my grade school librarian. It is sad and sweet. All in all a great fictonal book that keeps you surprised.
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I found this to be a very strange story. It was a sad story trying to be uplifting in a creepy kind of way. I kept wondering if the girl was losing her mind.
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Beautifully written. Heart-moving fantasy about a girl becoming more than she has been because of a few, very special friends.

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  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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This is just a AMAZING book. I only read it once in grade school, but the story is so memorable that it replays in my mind all the time five years later. It is just beautiful in its own way. I am so surprised that it has yet to be made into a movie. This is the next great young adult fiction novel that NEEDS to be made into a movie!
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This book is outstanding, and a must read for anyone who has EVER thought or felt of themselves as an outcast.
You instantly want to be a part of the main characters world, and the author's descriptions help make you feel almost right at home, being a part of the house, and wanting yourself to find out if there's anything going on behind your own attic wall.
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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When I first read this book as a grade-schooler, I just loved it.
What girl doesn't fantasize about her dolls coming alive in a secret room? Also at that age, mysteries are very popular.
When I recently re-read it as an adult, I saw it with different eyes -- it's a bit strange .... at the end you're not really sure what happened. But it is a happy ending for the heroine, so thumbs up in my opinion!


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