How It Happened in Peach Hill

By Marthe Jocelyn

Book Overview

Annie's mother has special powers. Annie's mother is a master at drawing out secrets. Annie's mother is the one and only, the irresistible Madam Caterina. Annie and her mother come to Peach Hill, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Misc.
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375892850
• ISBN13: 9780375892851
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
• Length: 160 Pages
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

fun book

This is a great book. Its about this girl who's mom is a "fake" fortune teller. Their life has been spent moving to different towns trying con people out of their money. Its funny, entertaining, and you are always looking forward to the next chapter.

A moving story of freedom evolves.

Marthe Jocelyn's HOW IT HAPPENED IN PEACH HILL tells of a mother and daughter who come to Peach Hill where Annie's mother sets herself up, once again, as the spiritualist advisor Madame Caterina, an endeavor supported by her daughter, who pretends to be an idiot to help gain information about clients. But Annie's tired of her role and she wants a real life with friends and school: Peach Hill seems the place she might be able to break free of her deceptions and a mother who wants her to constantly lie. A moving story of freedom evolves.