A great read, sure to appeal to middle-school readers. Emily and Rowan are wonderful characters, and the resolution both girls come to is satisfying. With only a handful of characters and one main setting, Thesman has crafted a subtle, quiet story of friendship and family dynamics. Emily’s influence on Rowan proves to be quite dramatic, giving Rowan the push she needs to rebel against her father. Emily and Rowan become friends and discover that they each have something to offer the other: whereas Emily is practical and straightforward, Rowan has a terrific imagination that manifests itself in marvelous wood carvings that decorate the tree house. While Thesman only hints at spousal abuse, at the very least Rowan is not living in a happy, healthy home. Emily gets along with her mother and says about her stepfather: “My luckiest day was the day Mom married him.” How refreshing! By contrast, Rowan’s father is difficult and demanding, her mother distant and emotionally uninvolved. The Shepherds are a loud and loving stepfamily. In the two teens and their families, Thesman creates highly contrasting characters. There, Emily meets Rowan, a neighbor with a secret of her own. One of the house’s many charms is an elaborate treehouse in the backyard. Her family’s recently purchased Victorian is the perfect place to begin this new life. She has since undergone corrective surgery and is eager for a fresh start in a place where no one knows her secret. Language: English.Fourteen-year-old Emily Shepherd’s life has just gotten better: she and her family have moved away from the school where Emily was ostracized for a facial scar sustained many years ago.
Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. Viking will be publishing her In the House of the Queens Beasts in Summer 2001. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. In this compelling novel, Thesman combines a tale rich in family ties. 182, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents.
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