SuitabookBelonging and new beginnings
Trina moves with her father and hopes to settle and find a best friend, while facing mockery at school.
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Jane O'Reilly - Author
A mysterious story about trying to belong after a move, with school difficulties, an unusual friendship and a house whose secret may change Trina’s life.
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.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA mysterious story about trying to belong after a move, with school difficulties, an unusual friendship and a house whose secret may change Trina’s life.
Trina moves with her father and hopes to settle and find a best friend, while facing mockery at school.
Goldenrod seems haunted, and Trina finds Augustine, a porcelain doll who talks and helps her realise that the house is trying to tell her an important secret.
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